Etymograph

English

deduct

Deduct comes from Latin deductus ‘having been led or escorted away’, from dēdūcō ‘lead from’, 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, pull’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēdūcōas deducere‘lead from’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeductus‘having been led or escorted away’
  7. Englishtodaydeduct

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, pull’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēdūcōas deducere‘lead from’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeductus‘having been led or escorted away’
  7. Englishtodaydeduct

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, abductor, dukedom, 97 more

through Latin dūcō ‘lead, pull’

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

Today it means

verb To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.

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

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

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