Etymograph

English

seductor

Seductor comes from Latin sēductor ‘seducer’, from dūcō ‘to lead, guide, conduct, lead away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwkti‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukō‘to lead’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to lead, guide, conduct, lead away’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēdūcō‘lead astray, seduce’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēductor‘seducer’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600seducteur
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500seductor‘seducer’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwkti‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukō‘to lead’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō‘to lead, guide, conduct, lead away’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēdūcō‘lead astray, seduce’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēductor‘seducer’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600seducteur
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500seductor‘seducer’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’

team, tie, touch, introduce, toy, tying, tighten, tug, tow, duchess, tuck, herzog, tether, taut, untie, tew, teem, induct, 94 more

through Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’

unproductive, productively, preproduction, abductor, 93 more

through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’

producer, productive, productivity, reproduction, reproduce, conductor, deduction, byproduct, conduction, inductive, subduction, transduction, deduct, abduct, reductive, overproduction, ductile, dukedom, inductor, adductor, adduct, 97 more

through Latin dūcō ‘to lead, guide, conduct, lead away’

education, production, produce, product, duke, reduce, introduction, conduct, reduction, dolphin, conn, educate, induction, douche, induce, doge, conducive, duct, subdue, educator, cond, duchy, transducer, redux, duc, redoubt, dux, duce, ducal, 118 more

Today it means

noun One who seduces.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewk- / seductor

Shirt and support for this word