Where does “reduce” come from?
reduce (Latin) comes from Latin redux, from Latin redūcō, from Latin rĕ-, from Proto-Italic *wre-.
reduce (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular present active imperative...
Ancestry of “reduce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | redux | that leads brings back, that returns; that is... |
| 2 | Latin | redūcō | — |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *wre- | — |