seduce
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
duc
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
seduce
to persuade to do something disloyal, disobedient or evil
怂恿, 瞒骗, 引诱
Dissection of seduce
seduce = se- (apart, aside) + duc (lead, draw) + -e (-e does not have a meaning. For its origin and original meaning, please click here);
seduce = to lead someone aside, or to persuade someone to do something bad
Now Repeat my Dissection
seduce = to lead someone aside, or to persuade someone to do something bad
Important roots for this word:
se-
duc
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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