Where does “reduire” come from?

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

reduire (Middle French): to reduce

Definitions

  1. to reduce

Ancestry of “reduire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchreduireto reduce
2Latinredūcōto lead, draw, bring or conduct back; bring or accompany home
3Latinrĕ-back, backwards
4Proto-Italic*wre-re-, more specifically

Words derived from “reduire”

Every word from Proto-Italic *wre- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →Every word from Latin redūcō →