Where does “abductive” come from?

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

abductive (English): Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and...

Definitions

  1. Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and...

Ancestry of “abductive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabductTo take away by force; to carry away wrongfully...
2Latinabductustaken or led away, detached, removed, having been...
3Latinabdūcō
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latinābfrom, away from, out of
6Proto-Germanic*ab
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó

Words derived from “abductive

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó