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Abduct

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to take someone away illegally by force or deception
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Stage 1 of 2
abducere
Latin · ancient
"to lead away"
to lead away, from ab- (away) and ducere (to lead)
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Stage 2 of 2
abduct
English · 1834
"to take someone away by force"
settled as the English word for taking someone away by force
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