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subtract

subt·ract

US/səbˈtɹækt/ uncommon

verb

1.

make a subtraction

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin subtractus, perfect passive participle of subtrahō (“to draw from beneath; withdraw, remove”); from sub (“under”) + trahō (“to draw, pull, drag”).

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