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duct (n.)
1640s, "course, direction," from Latin
ductus
"a leading," past participle of
ducere
"to lead" (see
duke
(n.)). Anatomical sense is from 1660s. Meaning "conduit, channel" is 1713; that of "air tube in a structure" is from 1884.
