{"id":1311,"date":"2021-08-01T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T11:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2021-08-01T13:35:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T13:35:42","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-20-distract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1311","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology 20 &#8211; Distract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology 20 &amp;#8211; Distract\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-01T11:56:49+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word distract [d\u026as\u02c8t\u0279\u00e6kt], that\u2019s if I don\u2019t get distracted, as often happens.\n\n\n\nDefinition:\n\n \tto draw away or divert, as the mind or attention\n \tto disturb or trouble greatly in mind, beset\n \tto provide a pleasant diver...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4190\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1311-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1311-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"distract2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word <strong>distract<\/strong> [d\u026as\u02c8t\u0279\u00e6kt], that\u2019s if I don\u2019t get distracted, as often happens.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fristle\/5656442036\/in\/photolist-9BQK9G-dzRzsQ-6pbFZS-p7vLfv-cTA3Hd-bmfkQC-bWBvA-XSyEP4-bDztfN-5WGW56-79dryY-6NqCjG-9e7N7t-vfw9w-3xnHP-jezCF-5LsBoN-65FkHF-54Urri-64N4aV-9tbUBY-c6sGr5-6vF5Fr-8EG7R-67b95o-ey4LG-7DqiCJ-4UcyL-7foE7s-2GkDpk-9TJHkS-Res2o-5V9f7G-eejAB-uFNM2-9N3jkw-9RMK1-6dbcH1-6qzweJ-6qvmWX-5689H9-2iu5RZp-2ithepp-769zqB-6uvfR8-7nitpn-3ez5sd-7yi8wH-79S6j3-pdsLx\" title=\"Distracted\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5106\/5656442036_1cb18bc915_z.jpg\" alt=\"Distracted\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention<\/li>\n<li>to disturb or trouble greatly in mind, beset<\/li>\n<li>to provide a pleasant diversion for; amuse; entertain<\/li>\n<li>to separate or divide by dissension or strife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/distract\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>It comes from the Latin word <em>distractus<\/em> (divided, scattered; sold), from  the <em>distrah\u014d<\/em> (I draw, pull, drag asunder), from <em>dis-<\/em> (asunder, apart, in two), and <em>*trah\u014d<\/em> (I drag, pull), from the PIE <em>*d\u02b0reg\u02b0-<\/em> (to pull, draw, drag) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/distract\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>From the same Latin root come such words as <strong>traire<\/strong> (to milk) in French, <strong>traer<\/strong> (to bring, fetch, attract, pull) in Spanish, <strong>trazer<\/strong> [t\u027e\u0250.\u02c8ze\u027e\/t\u027ea.\u02c8ze(\u0281)] (to bring) in Portuguese, and <strong>tractor<\/strong>, <strong>tract<\/strong> and <strong>traction<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/traho#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>From the same PIE root, via Proto-Germanic <em>dragan\u0105<\/em> [\u02c8dr\u0251.\u0263\u0251.n\u0251\u0303] (to draw, pull, carry) and the Old English <em>dragan<\/em> [\u02c8dr\u0251.\u0263\u0251n] (to draw, drag), we get the English words <strong>draw<\/strong> <strong>drag<\/strong>  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/dragan%C4%85\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned in this episode, I often get distracted. I even wrote a song about this, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/songs\/sager\/distraction.htm\">Distraction<\/a> &#8211; I was planning to write one about owls, but got distracted and wrote this one instead. Later I did write an owl-related song called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/songs\/sager\/thelittlegreenowl.htm\">The Little Green Owl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sqe6-nyKSes\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sqe6-nyKSes\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> &#8211; an easy-to-use animated video creator [affiliate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about etymology, and other language-related topics, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology 20 &amp;#8211; Distract\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-01T11:56:49+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word distract [d\u026as\u02c8t\u0279\u00e6kt], that\u2019s if I don\u2019t get distracted, as often happens.\n\n\n\nDefinition:\n\n \tto draw away or divert, as the mind or attention\n \tto disturb or trouble greatly in mind, beset\n \tto provide a pleasant diver...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4191\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1311-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1311-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/distract2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"distract2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word distract [d\u026as\u02c8t\u0279\u00e6kt], that\u2019s if I don\u2019t get distracted, as often happens. Definition: to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention to disturb or trouble greatly in mind, beset to provide a pleasant diversion for; amuse; entertain to separate or divide by dissension or strife [source] It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,23,4,50,1,27,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-french","category-language","category-latin","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-spanish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}