'Seduce' is Latin for 'lead aside' — from 'ducere' (to lead). Enticement off the right path.
To entice someone into sexual activity; to attract or tempt someone away from proper behavior or beliefs; to win over by charm or appeal.
From Latin 'sēdūcere' (to lead aside, to lead astray), composed of 'sē-' (aside, away, apart — a prefix indicating separation or deviation) and 'dūcere' (to lead, to guide). The PIE root is *dewk- (to pull, to lead), which also underlies Latin 'dux' (leader), 'duke,' 'duct,' 'educate' (to lead out), 'introduce' (to lead in), 'produce,' 'reduce,' and 'conduct.' In classical Latin, 'sēdūcere' meant to lead apart from the group — to draw someone away from proper company or allegiance
The Latin prefix 'sē-' (apart, aside) is the same one hiding in 'secret' (sē-cernere, to separate apart), 'secure' (sē-cūra, apart from care), and 'secede' (sē-cēdere, to go apart). To seduce is literally to 'lead apart' — to draw someone away from the group, the path, or the norm, making seduction etymologically a form of separation.