English
introduce
Introduce comes from Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō ‘to lead in’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrōdūcō‘to lead in’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400introduire
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500introducen
- Englishearliest quotation 1937introduce
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrōdūcō‘to lead in’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400introduire
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500introducen
- Englishearliest quotation 1937introduce
Earliest quotation: 1937, China. Hsing chen yüan. Hsin wen chü, Communications: “In conformity with the decision of the Ministry of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’
team, education, touch, production, tie, toy, product, duke, conduct, reduce, reduction, produce, tow, educate, tighten, tug, dolphin, tying, duchess, conn, tuck, induction, educator, douche, deduction, duct, doge, herzog, tether, conducive, taut, subdue, induce, seduce, cond, duchy, redux, tew, redoubt, duc, 126 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁en ‘in’
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inner, what is inside’
Today it means
verb To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin intrōdūcō / introduce