Etymograph

English

indutive

Indutive comes from Latin indutus ‘dressed in clothing’, from induō ‘to put on’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew- ‘to perceive, see, to be aware of’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ew-‘to perceive, see, to be aware of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*owō‘to put on’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*uō‘to put on’reconstructed
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinduōas induere, past participle‘to put on’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindutus‘dressed in clothing’
  6. Englishtodayindutive

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ew-‘to perceive, see, to be aware of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*owō‘to put on’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*uō‘to put on’reconstructed
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinduōas induere, past participle‘to put on’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindutus‘dressed in clothing’
  6. Englishtodayindutive

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew-

Today it means

adj covered; applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew- / indutive

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