Etymology

byproduct

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English product ← Middle English product ← Latin prōductus
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The story

  1. Englishby-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprō-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  10. Proto-Italic*doukō
  11. Latindūcō
  12. Latinprōdūcō
  13. Latinprōductus
  14. Middle Englishproduct
  15. Englishproduct
  16. English todaybyproduct

From by- + product.

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