Where does “reduce” come from?
reduce (Romanian) comes from French réduire, from Middle French reduire, from Old French reduire, from Latin redūcō, from Latin rĕ-, from Proto-Italic *wre-.
reduce (Romanian): to reduce, to lessen
Ancestry of “reduce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | réduire | to reduce; to cut ; to shorten ; to reduce, scale... |
| 2 | Middle French | reduire | to reduce |
| 3 | Old French | reduire | to reduce |
| 4 | Latin | redūcō | — |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *wre- | — |
Words derived from “reduce”