Where does “reduction” come from?
Reduction comes from Middle English reduccion, from Old French reducion, from Latin reductio, the noun form of reducere, meaning to lead back, from re- and ducere, to lead, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dewk-.
reduction (English): The act, process, or result of reducing; The...
Definitions
- The act, process, or result of reducing; The...
Ancestry of “reduction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | reduccion | — |
| 2 | Old French | reducion | — |
| 3 | Latin | reductio | A bringing back, a leading back; A restoring,... |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “reduction”
- transduction
- reductase
- reductionist
- reductionism
- reductionistic
- mechanotransduction
- cytoreduction
- phototransduction
- antireductionist
- photoreduction
- antireductionism
- nonreductionist
- amnioreduction
- electroreduction
- nitroreductase
- postreduction
- reductional
- bioreduction
- transductional
- leukoreduction
- cotransduction
- oxidoreduction
- prereduction
- overreduction