Etymograph

English

produce

Produce comes from Latin prōdūcō ‘to lead forth’, from prō- + dūcō ‘to lead’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, lead’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwkti‘to pull’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukō‘to lead’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to lead’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōdūcō‘to lead forth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500produce
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1642produce

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwkti‘to pull’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukō‘to lead’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to lead’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōdūcō‘to lead forth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500produce
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1642produce

Earliest quotation: 1642, Thomas Browne, The First Part: “And truely there goes a great deale of providence…”

Linked words

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

team, touch, tie, toy, tow, tying, introduce, tighten, tug, duchess, tuck, herzog, tether, taut, untie, tew, teem, induct, 101 more

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

abductor, 100 more

through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’

conductor, seduction, deduct, conduction, inductive, subduction, transduction, reductive, abduct, ductile, inductor, adductor, dukedom, adduct, preproduction, 101 more

through Latin dūcō ‘to lead, bring’

education, duke, conduct, reduce, reduction, introduction, dolphin, educate, conn, induction, educator, douche, deduction, duct, doge, induce, conducive, subdue, cond, seduce, duchy, redux, redoubt, transducer, duc, dux, ducal, 116 more

through Latin prōdūcō ‘to lead forth’

reproduction, unproductive, byproduct, overproduction, 68 more

Today it means

verb To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.

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

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

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