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Seduce

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to persuade someone to do something, especially to engage in a romantic or sexual relationship
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Stage 1 of 2
seducere
Latin · ancient
"to lead astray"
to lead aside, to lead astray, from se- (apart) and ducere (to lead)
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Stage 2 of 2
seduce
English · 1400s
"to persuade someone into a desired course, especially romantically"
settled as the English word for persuading someone into wrongdoing or attraction
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