Etymograph

English

transduction

Transduction comes from Latin transductionem, from trādūcō ‘lead across’, 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‘lead’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrādūcōas trānsdūcō, form‘lead across’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtransductionem
  7. Englishtodaytransduction

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‘lead’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrādūcōas trānsdūcō, form‘lead across’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtransductionem
  7. Englishtodaytransduction

Equivalent to transduce + -tion

Latin trānsdūcō

English transduce

Linked words

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

team, touch, tie, toy, introduce, tow, tying, tug, duchess, tuck, tighten, 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, deduction, byproduct, deduct, seduction, inductive, abduct, reductive, conduction, subduction, inductor, dukedom, adductor, ductile, adduct, 99 more

through Latin dūcō ‘lead’

education, product, produce, reduce, duke, conduct, introduction, dolphin, educate, reduction, educator, induce, douche, conn, duct, doge, seduce, subdue, conducive, duchy, redux, cond, duc, redoubt, duce, dux, ducal, 120 more

through Latin trādūcō ‘lead across’

traduction, 6 more

Today it means

noun The transfer of genetic material from one cell to another, typically between bacterial cells, and typically via a bacteriophage or pilus.

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

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