Etymological root

*dewk-

Proto-Indo-European

# *dewk-

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Proto-Indo-European
**Slug:** dewk

## Words From This Root
- team - A group of people who play a sport or game together against others.
- touch - The sense by which you feel things through your skin.
- tie - A long, narrow piece of cloth worn around the neck under a shirt collar and knotted at the front.
- introduce - To tell people each other's names so they can get to know one another.
- education - The process of teaching or learning, especially at a school or university.
- toy - An object for children to play with.
- reduce - To make something smaller in size, amount, or degree.
- tuck - to push or fold something into a safe, hidden, or close-fitting place
- introduction - The first part of a book, essay, or talk that explains what will follow.
- conductor - The person who leads an orchestra or other musical group.
- educational - Relating to education or teaching.
- duct - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- educate - To teach someone over a period of time, especially at a school.
- tug - To pull something hard, often with a quick or repeated movement.
- reduction - The act of making something smaller or less.
- induce - To cause something to happen or to produce a particular effect.
- induction - the act of formally introducing someone into a job, group, or position
- deduce - To work something out by reasoning from the facts you have.
- educator - A person whose job is to teach or educate others.
- taut - Stretched or pulled tight, with no slack.
- teem - To be full of a large number of people, animals, or things.
- induct - to formally bring someone into an organization, position, or group, often in a ceremony
- abduct - to carry off a person by force or deception
- deduct - to subtract or take away an amount from a total
- adduce - to cite or bring forward as evidence or proof
- deducible - able to be inferred by reasoning
- uneducated - lacking formal schooling or knowledge

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Words from this root(27)

/tiːm/ A group of people who play a sport or game together against others. Meaning Off Sound Off

/tʌt͡ʃ/ The sense by which you feel things through your skin. Meaning Off Sound Off

/taɪ/ A long, narrow piece of cloth worn around the neck under a shirt collar and knotted at the front. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ To tell people each other's names so they can get to know one another. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃn̩/ The process of teaching or learning, especially at a school or university. Meaning Off Sound Off

/tɔɪ/ An object for children to play with. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːs/ To make something smaller in size, amount, or degree. Meaning Off Sound Off

/tʌk/ to push or fold something into a safe, hidden, or close-fitting place Meaning Off Sound Off

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/ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/ The first part of a book, essay, or talk that explains what will follow. Meaning Off Sound Off

/kənˈdʌktɚ/ The person who leads an orchestra or other musical group. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌɛd͡ʒəˈkeɪʃənəl/ Relating to education or teaching. Meaning Off Sound Off

/dʌkt/ a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/ To teach someone over a period of time, especially at a school. Meaning Off Sound Off

/tʌɡ/ To pull something hard, often with a quick or repeated movement. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɹɪˈdak.ʃən/ The act of making something smaller or less. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪnˈduːs/ To cause something to happen or to produce a particular effect. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪnˈdʌkʃən/ the act of formally introducing someone into a job, group, or position Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈdʒuːs/ To work something out by reasoning from the facts you have. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɚ/ A person whose job is to teach or educate others. Meaning Off Sound Off

/tɔt/ Stretched or pulled tight, with no slack. Meaning Off Sound Off

/tiːm/ To be full of a large number of people, animals, or things. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪnˈdʌkt/ to formally bring someone into an organization, position, or group, often in a ceremony Meaning Off Sound Off

/æbˈdʌkt/ to carry off a person by force or deception Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈdʌkt/ to subtract or take away an amount from a total Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈdus/ to cite or bring forward as evidence or proof Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈdusəbəl/ able to be inferred by reasoning Meaning Off Sound Off

/ʌnˈɛdʒəˌkeɪtɪd/ lacking formal schooling or knowledge Meaning Off Sound Off

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