Word part · Latin root
The Latin root duc
Means: lead, or bring.
At a glance
- Part
- duc
- Meaning
- lead, or bring
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
- Also spelled
- duct, duce
Shows up as duce in action words (produce, reduce) and duct in many nouns (product, conductor).
Example words
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Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- con (prefix)+duct (root or base)→conduct
lead or guide; also the way you behave
- con (prefix)+duct (root or base)+or (suffix)→conductor
a person who leads a band or a train crew
- pro (prefix)+duct (root or base)→product
something that is made
- pro (prefix)+duct (root or base)+ion (suffix)→production
the act of making something
- pro (prefix)+duce (root or base)→produce
make or grow
- re (prefix)+duce (root or base)→reduce
bring down to a smaller amount
- pro (prefix)+duct (root or base)+ive (suffix)→productive
making or getting a lot done
- re (prefix)+pro (prefix)+duce (root or base)→reproduce
make again; make a copy
- re (prefix)+duct (root or base)+ion (suffix)→reduction
the act of making smaller
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