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Where does “reducer” come from?

reducer (Old French) comes from Latin reduco, from English re-, from Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “reducer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinreducoI lead, draw, bring or conduct back; bring or...
2Englishre-again, anew; a completive or intensification of...
3Middle Englishre-—
4Old Frenchre-re-
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “reducer”

  • reduce
  • reducing
  • irreducible
  • reducible
  • irreducibly
  • reducer
  • nonreducing
  • nonreducible
  • reducement
  • reduceth
  • unreducible
  • irreducibleness
  • reducibly
  • rereduce
  • reducest
  • cytoreduce
  • bioreduce
  • autoreducible
  • unreducing
  • reducibleness
  • interreducible
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