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Where does “heterostructure” come from?

heterostructure (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.

heterostructure (English): Any structure made from a heterojunction

Definitions

  1. Any structure made from a heterojunction

Ancestry of “heterostructure”, 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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