English
seduction
Seduction comes from Latin sēdūcō ‘to lead astray’, from Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’, and ultimately from *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‘lead’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēdūcō‘to lead astray’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēductiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600séduction
- Englishearliest quotation 2006seduction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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‘lead’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēdūcō‘to lead astray’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēductiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600séduction
- Englishearliest quotation 2006seduction
Earliest quotation: 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White: “It is with no small degree of irony that…”
Formed from seduce + -tion
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’
Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’
Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’
Latin dūcō ‘to lead’
Latin sēdūcō ‘to lead apart or astray’
English seduce
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, 94 more
through Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’
reproduction, unproductive, productively, abductor, overproduction, 94 more
through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’
production, producer, productive, productivity, reproduce, conductor, induction, byproduct, deduction, deduct, inductive, abduct, conduction, reductive, subduction, transduction, inductor, adductor, dukedom, ductile, adduct, 99 more
through Latin dūcō ‘lead’
produce, product, education, duke, reduce, conduct, introduction, dolphin, educate, reduction, induce, douche, conn, educator, doge, duct, subdue, conducive, duchy, transducer, cond, redux, duc, redoubt, dux, duce, ducal, 120 more
Today it means
noun The act of seducing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewk- / seduction