Etymograph

English

adduct

Adduct comes from Latin adductus ‘contracted, compressed, induced’, from addūcō ‘lead, bring’, 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‘lead’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaddūcō‘lead, bring’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadductus‘contracted, compressed, induced’
  7. Englishtodayadduct

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‘lead’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaddūcō‘lead, bring’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadductus‘contracted, compressed, induced’
  7. Englishtodayadduct

Linked words

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

team, touch, tie, toy, introduce, tow, tying, tighten, tug, duchess, tuck, herzog, tether, taut, untie, tew, teem, induct, 95 more

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

unproductive, productively, preproduction, 94 more

through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’

producer, productive, productivity, reproduction, reproduce, conductor, byproduct, conduction, overproduction, dukedom, abductor, 97 more

through Latin dūcō ‘lead’

education, production, produce, product, reduce, duke, introduction, conduct, reduction, dolphin, educate, conn, induction, educator, douche, induce, doge, deduction, conducive, subdue, seduce, seduction, cond, transducer, redux, duchy, redoubt, deduct, inductive, subduction, transduction, reductive, duc, abduct, dux, duce, ducal, ductile, inductor, 108 more

Today it means

verb To draw towards a center or a middle line.

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

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

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