conduction (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[conduction 词源字典]
1530s, "hiring;" 1540s, "leading, guidance," from Old French conduction "hire, renting," from Latin conductionem (nominative conductio), noun of action from past participle stem of conducere (see conduce). Sense of "conducting of a liquid through a channel" is from 1610s; in physics, of heat, etc., from 1814.[conduction etymology, conduction origin, 英语词源]