The story
- Latin · derived fromcondūcere
- English todayconducive
From conduce + -ive, 1640s, from Latin condūcere, patterned after forms like conductive.
Words from the same roots
Latincondūcere all →
conduce
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result. Full definition →
From conduce + -ive, 1640s, from Latin condūcere, patterned after forms like conductive.
Latincondūcere all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.