Where does “abductive” come from?

abductive (Latin) comes from Latin abductivus, from Latin abdūcō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abductive (Latin): vocative masculine singular of abductīvus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of abductīvus

Ancestry of “abductive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabductivusseductive; abductive
2Latinabdūcō—
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →