Where does “conduct” come from?
Conduct comes from Late Latin conductus, past participle of Latin conduco, from cum and duco meaning to lead together.
conduct (English): The act or method of controlling or directing;...
Definitions
- The act or method of controlling or directing;...
Ancestry of “conduct”, step by step
conduct traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin conductus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | conductus | defense, escort |
| 2 | Latin | conductus | assembled, collected; contraction |
| 3 | Latin | condūcō | to lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect |
| 4 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
Words derived from “conduct”
- conducting
- conductivity
- misconduct
- conductance
- conductive
- superconducting
- superconductivity
- semiconducting
- transconductance
- nonconducting
- photoconductive
- nonconductive
- photoconductivity
- osteoconductive
- superconductive
- reconduct
- conductometric
- semiconductive
- conductively
- osteoconductivity
- electroconductive
- superconduct
- photoconducting
- electroconductivity