Where does “abduce” come from?

abduce (English) comes from Latin abdūcō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abduce (English): To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to...

Definitions

  1. To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to...

Ancestry of “abduce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabdūcō
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó
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