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- — re-, more specifically.

reduce (Romanian): to reduce, to lessen

Definitions

  1. to reduce, to lessen

Ancestry of “reduce”, step by step

reduce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French réduire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchréduireto reduce
2Middle Frenchreduireto reduce
3Old Frenchreduireto reduce
4Latinredūcōto lead, draw, bring or conduct back; bring or accompany home
5Latinrĕ-back, backwards
6Proto-Italic*wre-re-, more specifically

via Latin redūcere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinredūcere—

Words derived from “reduce”

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