English
reduction
Reduction comes from Middle English reduccion, from Old French reducion, from Latin reductiō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreductiōas reductiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400reducion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reduccion
- Englishearliest quotation 1961reduction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreductiōas reductiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400reducion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reduccion
- Englishearliest quotation 1961reduction
Earliest quotation: 1961, The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern L: “With the cutting out of the previous recovery times…”
Formed from reduce + -tion
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw’
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Latin dūcō ‘lead’
Latin redūcō
Old French reduire ‘to reduce’
Middle English reducen
English reduce
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, 95 more
through Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’
reproduction, unproductive, productively, abductor, overproduction, 95 more
through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’
production, producer, productive, productivity, conductor, reproduce, induction, byproduct, deduction, deduct, inductive, abduct, seduction, conduction, subduction, transduction, inductor, adductor, dukedom, ductile, adduct, 100 more
through Latin dūcō ‘to lead, conduct, guide, direct, draw, bring,…’
produce, product, education, duke, conduct, introduction, dolphin, educate, induce, douche, conn, educator, doge, duct, subdue, conducive, seduce, duchy, transducer, cond, duc, dux, duce, ducal, 121 more
through Latin redūcō ‘bring back, restore’
Today it means
noun The act, process, or result of reducing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin reductiō / reduction