Where does “construct” come from?
Construct comes from Latin constructus, the past participle of construō, formed from the prefix com- meaning "together" and struere meaning "to pile or arrange."
construct (English): Something constructed from parts; A concept or...
Definitions
- Something constructed from parts; A concept or...
Ancestry of “construct”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | constructus | collected together; constructed, fabricated,... |
| 2 | Latin | cōnstruō | to heap, bring, collect or gather together |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “construct”
- reconstruct
- cons
- deconstruction
- reconstructive
- deconstruct
- deconstructionist
- deconstructionism
- constructible
- reconstructible
- reconstructable
- preconstructed
- deconstructor
- deconstructible
- coconstruct
- reconstructor
- constructibility
- undeconstructible
- constructable
- reconstructivism
- unreconstructible
- deconstructable
- subconstruct
- reconstructively
- misconstruct