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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1430|origins=la prōdūcere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈprɒd.ʌkt/, US /ˈprɑː.dʌkt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|product]],^(MWU 2024) [[bor|la-med|prōductum]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) in classical Latin “something produced”, the noun use of the neuter past participle of [[m|la|prōdūcere|t=to bring forth]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) the source of [[produce]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) Barnhart thinks it may have been influenced by an earlier adjective product, “produced”, from before 1398.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In mathematics, the quantity obtained by multiplying numbers: about 1430,^(OED 1989) about 1450 in Barnhart,^(Barnhart 1988) the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The general sense, that which is produced by any action or work, is from 1575,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and a thing produced by nature from 1653.^(OED 1989) A consequence or effect is from 1651.^(OED 1989) In chemistry a compound formed by a reaction is from 1805.^(OED 1989) In political economy, what is made commercially for sale is by 1890,^(Etymonline) and the total value of goods produced, as in ''gross national product'', from 1888.^(OED 1989) Johnson (1755) gave first “something produced, as fruits, grain, metals”.^(Johnson 1755)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1398 – adjective, produced.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1430 – the product of a multiplication.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1575 – anything produced.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1651 – a consequence.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1805 – in chemistry, the result of a reaction.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1890 – goods made for sale.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Something made by people or machines, or by a natural process, especially for [[sale]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A result or [[consequence]]: ''the product of years of work''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(chemistry)'' A substance formed in a chemical [[reaction]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The number obtained by [[multiply|alt=multiplying]] two or more numbers.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[by-product]]

+ * [[productive]]

+ * [[coproduct]]

+ * [[multiproduct]]

+ * [[photoproduct]]

+ * [[subproduct]]

+ * [[product line]]

+ * [[product placement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[produce]]

+ * [[producer]]

+ * [[production]]

+ * [[duct]]

+ * [[conduct]]

+ * [[induce]]

+ * [[reduce]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate ''product'', from 1720, is a corrupt form of pratique, clearance given to a ship.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}