English → Latin
“deduce” in Latin
dūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,
The English word deduce itself goes back to Latin dūcō, through dēdūcere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deduce
ducere, or deducere a or ex, etc.; one’s race, one’s origin from anybody, genus deducere ab aliquo; originem ducere or trahere ab aliquo; originem sui ad aliquem referre: to deduce anything from God, Deum facere alicujus rei effectorem.
Infer, Vid: DEDUCEMENT, Vid: INFERENCE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deduce?
- The usual Latin words for “deduce” are dūcō, īnferō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.