Etymograph

English

abductory

Abductory comes from New Latin abductōrius ‘abductory, abductive’, from Latin dūcō ‘to lead, guide, conduct, lead away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwkti‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukō‘to lead’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to lead, guide, conduct, lead away’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabdūcō‘to abduct’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabductor
  7. New Latinc. 1500–1900abductōrius‘abductory, abductive’
  8. Englishtodayabductory

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwkti‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukō‘to lead’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to lead, guide, conduct, lead away’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabdūcō‘to abduct’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabductor
  7. New Latinc. 1500–1900abductōrius‘abductory, abductive’
  8. Englishtodayabductory

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’

team, tie, touch, introduce, toy, tying, tighten, tug, tow, duchess, tuck, herzog, tether, taut, untie, tew, teem, induct, 94 more

through Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’

unproductive, productively, preproduction, 93 more

through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’

producer, productive, productivity, reproduction, reproduce, conductor, seduction, byproduct, deduct, conduction, inductive, transduction, reductive, subduction, overproduction, dukedom, ductile, inductor, adductor, adduct, 96 more

through Latin dūcō ‘to lead, guide, conduct, lead away’

education, production, produce, product, reduce, duke, introduction, conduct, reduction, dolphin, educate, conn, induction, induce, douche, deduction, doge, conducive, duct, educator, seduce, subdue, cond, duchy, transducer, redux, redoubt, duc, dux, duce, ducal, 116 more

Today it means

adj Relating to an abductor

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewk- / abductory

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