by-product
nounEtymology
Etymology tree English by- 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 prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product English by-product From by- + product.
- derived from *per-der✻
- derived from by- Proto-Indo-European *per-der
Definitions
Something made incidentally during the production of something else.
A consequence, especially a side effect.
- The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent.
- One of the most obvious results of the B.R. Modernisation Plan has been the increasing use of diesel and electric traction; a less obvious by-product is the increase in track damage possible with the new forms of traction.
The neighborhood
- neighborwaste product
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for by-product. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA