English
product
Product comes from Middle English product, from Latin prōductus ‘brought forth’, perfect participle of prōdūcō ‘to bring forward’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcō1‘to lead; draw’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōdūcō1‘to bring forward’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōductus1‘brought forth’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500product1
- Englishearliest quotation 1651product1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English product
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1651, The Touchstone of Common Assurances: “The probate of a Testament is the producting and…”.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdūcōWiktionary, English product‘to lead; draw’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōdūcōWiktionary, English product‘to bring forward’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōductusWiktionary, English product‘brought forth’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500productWiktionary, English product
- Englishearliest quotation 1651productWiktionary, English product. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1651, The Touchstone of Common Assurances: “The probate of a Testament is the producting and…”
The story
From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.
Word family
English words that share an ancestor with product, grouped by the ancestor they share, most familiar first.
through Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’
- team ← tem ← *taum ← *taumaz ← *taugijaną
- touch ← touchen ← tochier ← *toccāre
- tie ← teye ← tēag ← *taugu ← *taugō
- toy ← toye
- tow ← towen ← togian ← *togōn ← *tugōną
- introduce ← introducen ← introduire ← intrōdūcō ← *h₁énteros
- tying ← tiȝing ← *tīgung ← *taugungō
- tighten ← tyhtan ← *tuhtijan ← *tuhtiz
- tug ← tuggen ← togian ← *togōn ← *tugōną
- duchess ← duchesse ← duchesse
- tuck ← tuken ← tūcian ← *teuh-
- herzog ← herizogo ← *harjatogō ← *togō
426 more relatives in the full family tree
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Today it means
noun Anything that is produced; a result.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “product”. 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 / Latin dūcō / product