Etymology

retroduce

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Today it means: To employ retroduction Full definition →

Latin retro
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromducere“to lead”
  2. Latin · derived fromretro“backward”
  3. English todayretroduce

From Latin retro (“backward”) + Latin ducere (“to lead”).

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