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subduct (v.)
[subduct 词源字典]
1570s, "subtract," from Latin
subductus
, past participle of
subducere
"to draw away, take away" (see
subduce
). Geological sense is from 1971, a back-formation from
subduction
. Related:
Subducted
;
subducting
.
[subduct etymology, subduct origin, 英语词源]