The story
- Latin · derived fromsubdūcō“to draw away”
- Old French · derived fromsouduire
- Middle English · inherited fromsubdewen
- English todaysubdue
From Middle English subdewen, subduen, sodewen, from Old French souduire, from Latin subdūcō (“to draw away”), perhaps influenced by subdō (“to subdue, subject”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsubdūcō all →
subduce
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.