Etymograph

English

duct

Duct comes from Latin ductus ‘leading, conducting’, from Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to draw, pull’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, conduct, draw’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEductus‘leading, conducting’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1650duct

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to draw, pull’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, conduct, draw’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEductus‘leading, conducting’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1650duct

Earliest quotation: 1650, Henry Hammond: “[…] otherwise to express His care and love to…”

The story

Also via Medieval Latin ductus (‘a conveyance of water; a channel’), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.

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, 101 more

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

preproduction, 99 more

through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’

producer, reproduction, reproduce, unproductive, conduction, productively, overproduction, dukedom, 100 more

through Latin dūcō ‘to lead, conduct, draw’

education, production, produce, reduce, duke, introduction, reduction, dolphin, productivity, productive, educate, conn, conductor, douche, educator, induction, doge, induce, deduction, conducive, subdue, cond, seduce, seduction, transducer, redoubt, redux, duchy, inductive, subduction, transduction, reductive, dux, duc, abductor, duce, ducal, inductor, adductor, 108 more

Today it means

noun A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

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

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

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