produce

Meaning

1. To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
2. To make or yield something.
3. To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
4. To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
5. To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
7. To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
8. That which is produced.
9. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
10. Offspring.
11. Livestock and pet food supplies.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō (“to lead forth”), from prō- (“forth, forward”) + dūcō (“to lead, bring”).

Related words

Descendant words

• producen(Dutch) (bor)
• produsoida(Finnish) (cog)
• プロデュース(Japanese) (bor)

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