traduce

The story

1. Latin · borrowed fromtrādūcō“carry over; lead as a spectacle, dishonor”
2. English todaytraduce

From Latin trādūcō (“carry over; lead as a spectacle, dishonor”), from trāns + dūcō (“to lead”). Doublet of transduce, from Latin trānsdūcō.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 1580s To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
• mid-16th c. to mid-18th c. To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit.
• 1530s to mid-19th c. To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.