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Where does the word "product" come from? It comes from Latin producere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "product" come from? It comes from Latin producere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Product’s story begins in Latin: producere meant “to lead forward, to bring forth.” To lead forward, to bring forth, from pro- and ducere, with irregular past participle productus. It reached English by 1400s as product. Settled as the English word for something produced through effort or a process. Today, product means something produced through a natural process, manufacturing, or effort.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient producere "to lead forward, to bring forth", to lead forward, to bring forth, from pro- and ducere, with irregular past participle productus.
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s product "something produced through effort or a process", settled as the English word for something produced through effort or a process.