abduction

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1. Latin · derived fromabductus
2. Latin · derived fromabductiō(n)“a robbing; an abduction”
3. English todayabduction

From Latin abductiō(n) (“a robbing; an abduction”), from abdūcō (“to take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, abduct + -ion or abduce + -tion. * (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus. * Compare French abduction.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from early 17ᵗʰ century. A leading away; a carrying away.
• from mid-17ᵗʰ century. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
• from late 17ᵗʰ century. A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
• from mid-18ᵗʰ century. The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.