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Where does “architectural” come from?

Architectural comes from English architecture, from Latin architectura, meaning the art of building or master-building.

architectural (English): Pertaining to architecture; Resembling...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to architecture; Resembling...

Ancestry of “architectural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharchitectureThe art and science of designing and managing the...
2Frencharchitecturearchitecture
3Latinarchitectūra—
4Latinarchitectusarchitect, master builder; designer, inventor,...
5Ancient Greekἀρχιτέκτωνchief constructor, master builder, architect
6Ancient Greekτέκτωνone who works with wood: carpenter, builder; any...
7Proto-Hellenictéktōn—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱōcarpenter
9Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
10Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “architectural”

  • architecturally
  • microarchitectural
  • cytoarchitectural
  • nonarchitectural
  • cytoarchitecturally
  • chemoarchitectural
  • architecturalization
  • antiarchitectural
  • histoarchitectural
  • myeloarchitectural
  • neuroarchitectural
  • myeloarchitecturally
  • microarchitecturally
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