The root duc
duc means lead. It comes from Latin ducere.
It also appears as duct — the same root wearing a different vowel, which is why the words below do not all look alike.
5 words built on duc
- Abductverb
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- Abductionnoun
the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
- Conduciveadjective
tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
- Induceverb
produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
- Traduceverb
speak unfavorably about