abductee

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk-

Proto-Indo-European *déwkti

Proto-Italic *doukō

Latin dūcō

Latin abdūcō

Latin abductusder.

English abduct

English -ee

English abductee

From abduct + -ee.

abductee (plural abductees)

An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens. [Late 20^th century.]^[1]

abducted person

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abductee”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.