Hey Guys! I am glad that it is finally working... Okay i dunno if this is right but here is an English word with Latin roots, I think- "seduce" se-self, ducere-to lead. So does it mean "to lead to self"--- makes sense... Jeremy Y
See below; just a quick supplement, 'se' without, away, is an abbreviation of 'sine'.
Love it when you guys go to town with your cognates!
EM seduce 1526, "to persuade a vassal, etc., to desert his allegiance or service," from L. seducere "lead away, lead astray," from se- "aside, away" + ducere "to lead." Replaced M.E. seduisen (1477), from M.Fr. séduire "seduce," from O.Fr. suduire "to corrupt, seduce," from L. subducere "draw away, withdraw, remove," from sub- "from under, further" + ducere "to lead" (see duke). Sexual sense, now the prevailing one, is attested from 1560. Seductive is from 1771; seductress is from 1803.
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See below; just a quick supplement, 'se' without, away, is an abbreviation of 'sine'.
Love it when you guys go to town with your cognates!
EM
seduce
1526, "to persuade a vassal, etc., to desert his allegiance or service," from L. seducere "lead away, lead astray," from se- "aside, away" + ducere "to lead." Replaced M.E. seduisen (1477), from M.Fr. séduire "seduce," from O.Fr. suduire "to corrupt, seduce," from L. subducere "draw away, withdraw, remove," from sub- "from under, further" + ducere "to lead" (see duke). Sexual sense, now the prevailing one, is attested from 1560. Seductive is from 1771; seductress is from 1803.
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