Where does “reductio” come from?
reductio (Latin) comes from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
reductio (Latin): A bringing back, a leading back; A restoring,...
Definitions
- A bringing back, a leading back; A restoring,...
Ancestry of “reductio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 2 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 3 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 4 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “reductio”
- reduction
- transduction
- reductase
- reductionist
- reductionism
- reductionistic
- mechanotransduction
- cytoreduction
- phototransduction
- antireductionist
- photoreduction
- antireductionism
- nonreductionist
- amnioreduction
- electroreduction
- nitroreductase
- postreduction
- reductional
- bioreduction
- transductional
- leukoreduction
- cotransduction
- oxidoreduction
- prereduction