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Where does “echostructure” come from?

echostructure (English) comes from English structure, from Middle French structure, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

echostructure (English): The amplitude and shape of an ultrasound echo

Definitions

  1. The amplitude and shape of an ultrasound echo

Ancestry of “echostructure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstructureA cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The...
2Middle Frenchstructure—
3Latinstructūra—
4Latinstruō—
5Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
7Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
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