Where does “inductive” come from?

Inductive comes from Middle French inductif, from Latin inductivus, formed with the suffix -ivus from Latin duco meaning "to lead," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dewk- with the same sense.

inductive (English): Of, or relating to logical induction; Of,...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to logical induction; Of,...

Ancestry of “inductive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchinductif
2Latininductivusrelating to an assumption
3Latinindūcōto lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inductive

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