English word abduction comes from Latin duco (I draw, pull. I lead, guide. I prolong. I think, consider.), Latin ab

Detailed word origin of abduction

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
duco	Latin (lat)	I draw, pull. I lead, guide. I prolong. I think, consider.
ab	Latin (lat)	(source of action or event) by, of. (time) after, since. At, on, in. From, away from, out of.
abducere	Latin (lat)
abductio	Latin (lat)	(Vulgar Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) retirement. (by extension, of a woman) abduction. Robbing, ravishing, plundering.
abduction	English (eng)	(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17th century.]. (physiology) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [Mid 17th century.]. Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17th century.]. The wrongful, and usually [...]

Words with the same origin as abduction