Where does “conduit” come from?

Conduit comes from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus, the past participle of conduco, meaning to lead together, from duco, to lead, with cum, together.

conduit (English): A pipe or channel for conveying water etc; A duct...

Definitions

  1. A pipe or channel for conveying water etc; A duct...

Ancestry of “conduit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchconduit—
2Latinconductusassembled, collected; contraction
3Latincondūcōto lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect
4Latindūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away
5Proto-Italicdoukōlead
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéwketi—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

Words derived from “conduit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk- →