Abductor
/æbˈdʌk.tər/noun
A person or thing that abducts; especially someone who kidnaps another person.
Did you know?Abductor comes from Latin abducere, a verb built from ab- (“away”) + ducere (“to lead”), the same ancient root behind duke, educate, and even produce.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*deuk-
“to lead”
Latin
Latin
ducere
“to lead”
Latin
Latin
abducere
“to lead away”
Late Latin
Latin
abductor
“one who leads away”
Middle English
English
abductour
“one who carries off or kidnaps”
Modern English
English
abductor
“a kidnapper or one who abducts”