Etymograph

English

obduction

Obduction comes from Latin obductio ‘covering, veiling, enveloping’, from obducō ‘to lead, conduct, bring or draw towards,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.

  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’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobducō‘to lead, conduct, bring or draw towards, before, forward or against’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobductio‘covering, veiling, enveloping’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2004obduction

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’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobducō‘to lead, conduct, bring or draw towards, before, forward or against’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobductio‘covering, veiling, enveloping’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2004obduction

Earliest quotation: 2004, Gérard M. Stampfli, Chapter 3: The TRANSMED Transects in Space and Time: “Around Arabia - as well as in the Himalayas…”

The story

Latin obductio; see Latin ob, ductio.

Linked words

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

team, touch, toy, tie, introduce, tow, tying, tug, duchess, tighten, tuck, herzog, tether, taut, tew, untie, teem, induct, preproduction, 92 more

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

reproduction, unproductive, productively, abductor, overproduction, 92 more

through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’

production, producer, productive, productivity, reproduce, conductor, induction, byproduct, deduction, deduct, seduction, inductive, reductive, conduction, abduct, transduction, dukedom, inductor, adductor, subduction, ductile, adduct, 97 more

through Latin dūcō ‘lead’

education, produce, product, reduce, duke, conduct, introduction, dolphin, educate, reduction, educator, induce, douche, conn, doge, duct, seduce, conducive, subdue, duchy, transducer, redux, cond, redoubt, duc, dux, duce, ducal, 119 more

Today it means

noun The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.

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

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

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