Etymograph

English

byproduct

Byproduct comes from Latin prōductus ‘brought forth, forward or out, having been…’, from 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 CEprōdūcō‘to lead or bring forth, forward or out’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōductus‘brought forth, forward or out, having been brought forward’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500product
  8. English1500–presentsame form
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2015byproduct

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 CEprōdūcō‘to lead or bring forth, forward or out’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōductus‘brought forth, forward or out, having been brought forward’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500product
  8. English1500–presentsame form
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2015byproduct

Earliest quotation: 2015, Kevin McElvaney, Inside Indonesia's Ijen Volcano: “Local workers hike up the side of the mountain…”

A compound of by- + product

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’

Proto-Germanic *būwiz ‘dwelling’

Old Norse býr ‘dwelling, town’

Middle English by ‘town’

English by-

Latin dūcō ‘to lead; draw’

Latin prōdūcō ‘to bring forward’

Latin prōductus ‘brought forth’

Middle English product

English product

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-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’

conductor, conduction, abductor, dukedom, preproduction, 94 more

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

education, reduce, duke, conduct, reduction, introduction, dolphin, producer, educate, conn, induction, educator, induce, douche, reproduction, deduction, doge, conducive, reproduce, subdue, seduce, seduction, cond, duchy, transducer, redux, deduct, inductive, redoubt, subduction, unproductive, transduction, duc, reductive, abduct, dux, duce, ducal, ductile, inductor, 103 more

through Latin prōdūcō ‘to lead or bring forth, forward or out’

production, produce, productivity, productive, 68 more

Today it means

noun —

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

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

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