DictionaryRoot: ducere
Latin
ducere
lead, guide, draw along
Forms
- duc-
- duct- — Latin stem of the form meaning ‘led.’
Origin
Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *deuk-, ‘lead.’
Note
Physical leading became a model for guidance and for drawing a conclusion.
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noun
abduction
ab-DUK-shun/æbˈdʌkʃn/
The unlawful taking away of a person.
Etymology
The pieces express an act of “leading away,” which already included forcible removal in Latin. The criminal sense focuses that image on taking a person away, rather than on movement away in general.
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