Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: duc-tion
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

An eye movement involving only one eye.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ductio, ductionembor. English duction Borrowed from Latin ductio, ductionem.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ductions (plural)

Derived Forms

abduction adduction deorsumduction excycloduction incycloduction infraduction supraduction sursumduction

Questions

What does duction mean?: guidance
Where does duction come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ductio, ductionembor. English duction Borrowed from Latin ductio, ductionem.

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