Etymograph

English

conducible

Conducible comes from Latin condūcibilis ‘advantageous, profitable, expedient’, from condūcō ‘lead, bring together’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-1‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwkti1‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukō1‘to lead’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō1‘lead’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondūcō2‘lead, bring together’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondūcibilis3‘advantageous, profitable, expedient’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1627conducible3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin conduco
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin conducibilis
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English conducible
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1627, III. Century.: “To both , the medium , which is the…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-Wiktionary, Latin conduco‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déwktiWiktionary, Latin conduco‘to pull, to draw’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*doukōWiktionary, Latin conduco‘to lead’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcōWiktionary, Latin conduco‘lead’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondūcōWiktionary, Latin conducibilis‘lead, bring together’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondūcibilisWiktionary, English conducible‘advantageous, profitable, expedient’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1627conducibleWiktionary, English conducible. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1627, III. Century.: “To both , the medium , which is the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’

team, touch, tie, toy, introduce, tow, tying, tighten, tug, duchess, tuck, herzog, tether, taut, untie, tew, teem, induct, 96 more

through Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’

unproductive, productively, abductor, preproduction, 95 more

through Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’

producer, productive, productivity, reproduction, reproduce, induction, deduction, seduction, byproduct, deduct, inductive, reductive, abduct, subduction, transduction, overproduction, adductor, ductile, dukedom, inductor, adduct, 99 more

through Latin dūcō ‘lead’

education, production, product, produce, reduce, duke, introduction, reduction, dolphin, educate, educator, douche, duct, induce, doge, seduce, subdue, duchy, transducer, redux, redoubt, duc, duce, dux, ducal, 120 more

through Latin condūcō ‘lead, bring together’

conn, conduction, 6 more

Today it means

adj conducive; tending; contributing

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “conducible”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin conduco, Latin conducibilis. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewk- / conducible

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