English
conduce
Conduce comes from Middle English conducen ‘to guide, lead’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to draw, pull’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwktireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to conduct, guide, lead, lead away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondūcō‘to bring, draw, or lead together, assemble, collect’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondūcerepresent active infinitive of condūcō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conducen‘to guide, lead’
- Englishearliest quotation 1518conduce
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to draw, pull’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwktireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to conduct, guide, lead, lead away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondūcō‘to bring, draw, or lead together, assemble, collect’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondūcerepresent active infinitive of condūcō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conducen‘to guide, lead’
- Englishearliest quotation 1518conduce
Earliest quotation: 1518, John Strype, Wolsey’s Counsil and Influence in the King’s Affairs. …: “And vvell aſſured you may be, the King's Highneſs…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’
team, touch, tie, toy, introduce, tow, tying, tighten, tug, duchess, tuck, herzog, tether, taut, untie, tew, teem, induct, 98 more
through Proto-Indo-European *déwkti
unproductive, productively, abductor, preproduction, 97 more
through Proto-Italic *doukō
productive, producer, productivity, reproduction, reproduce, induction, deduction, seduction, byproduct, deduct, reductive, inductive, subduction, abduct, transduction, ductile, overproduction, adductor, dukedom, inductor, adduct, 101 more
through Latin dūcō ‘to conduct, guide, lead, lead away’
education, production, product, duke, produce, introduction, reduce, reduction, dolphin, educate, educator, douche, duct, doge, subdue, induce, seduce, duchy, redux, redoubt, transducer, duc, dux, ducal, 122 more
through Latin condūcō ‘to bring, draw, or lead together, assemble,…’
Today it means
verb To cause (something) to occur; to bring about.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewk- / conduce