English
redux
Redux comes from Latin redux ‘that returns’, from redūcō ‘to bring back’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’.
- 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 CEredūcō‘to bring back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredux‘that returns’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004same form
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 CEredūcō‘to bring back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredux‘that returns’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004same form
Earliest quotation: 2004, Robert A. Levy, Shakedown: How Corporations: “10. It's Microsoft Redux All Over Again. Maybe the…”
The story
The word may have re-entered popular usage in the United States with the publication of the novel Rabbit Redux (1971) by John Updike, although it had previously been used in medicine, literary titles, and product names.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’
team, touch, tie, toy, introduce, tow, tying, tuck, duchess, tighten, tug, herzog, tether, taut, untie, tew, teem, induct, 93 more
through Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’
unproductive, productively, abductor, preproduction, 92 more
through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’
producer, productive, productivity, conductor, reproduction, reproduce, deduction, byproduct, seduction, conduction, inductive, subduction, deduct, transduction, abduct, overproduction, ductile, inductor, adductor, adduct, dukedom, 96 more
through Latin dūcō ‘to lead, conduct, guide, direct, draw, bring,…’
production, education, product, produce, introduction, conduct, duke, dolphin, induction, educate, conn, douche, induce, duct, educator, conducive, doge, subdue, seduce, duchy, transducer, cond, duc, duce, ducal, dux, 117 more
through Latin redūcō ‘to bring back’
Today it means
adj Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewk- / redux