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
- Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and...
Ancestry of “abductive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | abduct | To take away by force; to carry away wrongfully... |
| 2 | Latin | abductus | taken or led away, detached, removed, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | abdūcō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
Words derived from “abductive”