Where does “adduction” come from?
Adduction comes from Latin adductio, past participle of adduco meaning to lead toward, from ad and a root meaning to lead found in Proto-Indo-European dewk-.
adduction (English): The act of adducing or bringing forward; The...
Definitions
- The act of adducing or bringing forward; The...
Ancestry of “adduction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | adductio | — |
| 2 | Latin | adducō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “adduction”