Etymology

conductor

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Today it means: One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director. Full definition →

Middle French conductour ← Old French conduitor ← Latin conductor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromconductor
  2. Old French · derived fromconduitor
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromconductour
  4. English todayconductor

Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.