English
reductive
Reductive comes from Latin redūcō ‘to reduce’, from dūcō ‘to lead, conduct, guide, direct, draw, bring,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwkti‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukō‘to lead’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to lead, conduct, guide, direct, draw, bring, fetch, escort’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredūcōas reducere, participle stem‘to reduce’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEreductivus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600réductif
- Englishearliest quotation 1847reductive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwkti‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukō‘to lead’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to lead, conduct, guide, direct, draw, bring, fetch, escort’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredūcōas reducere, participle stem‘to reduce’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEreductivus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600réductif
- Englishearliest quotation 1847reductive
Earliest quotation: 1847, John Johnson: “But then beside the primary and direct sense of…”
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, 95 more
through Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’
unproductive, abductor, productively, preproduction, 94 more
through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’
producer, productivity, productive, conductor, reproduce, reproduction, deduction, conducive, byproduct, seduction, conduction, deduct, subduction, transduction, abduct, inductive, inductor, adductor, overproduction, dukedom, ductile, adduct, 98 more
through Latin dūcō ‘to lead, conduct, guide, direct, draw, bring,…’
education, production, produce, product, duke, introduction, conduct, dolphin, educate, conn, induce, douche, induction, educator, doge, duct, subdue, seduce, cond, duchy, transducer, duc, dux, duce, ducal, 120 more
through Latin redūcō ‘to reduce’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewk- / reductive