Where does “reduire” come from?

reduire (Middle French) comes from Old French reduire, from Latin redūcō, from Latin rĕ-, from Proto-Italic *wre-.

reduire (Middle French): to reduce

Definitions

to reduce

Ancestry of “reduire”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	reduire	to reduce
2	Latin	redūcō	—
3	Latin	rĕ-	—
4	Proto-Italic	*wre-	—

Words derived from “reduire”

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