The story
- Latin · derived fromindūcere“lead in, bring in, introduce”
- Middle English · inherited fromenducen
- English todayinduce
From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.
Words from the same roots
Latinindūcere all →
endue
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.