English
retroduction
Retroduction comes from Latin retroducere.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEretroducere
- Englishearliest quotation 1799retroduction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEretroducere
- Englishearliest quotation 1799retroduction
Earliest quotation: 1799, John Middleton, A View of the Agriculture of Middlesex: “On the subject of Planting, Mr. M. is of…”
Every English word from Latin retroducere
Today it means
noun Synonym of abduction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin retroducere / retroduction