An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1a) (adj.) A designation of what derives from → abstraction. Contrasted to → concrete.

1b) Dissociated from any concrete reality or specific instance.

2a) (n.) An abstract thing or state.

2b) A summary of a scientific article, document, speech, etc.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from L. abstractus “drawn away,” p.p. of abstrahere “to draw away, withdraw,” from abs- “away,” from → ab-

• trahere “to draw,” → attract.

Etymology (PE): 1) Âhanjidé, p.p. of âhanjidan, variants âhixtan, âxtan “to draw, pull, extract,” → object.

2. Cekidé, literally “dropped, oozed out,” from cekidan “to drop, distill, fall in small portions, as water,” from cek, cekké “a drop, as water,” probably an onomatopoeia.