Where does “industriousness” come from?
Industriousness derives from English industrious, from Middle French industrieux, from Latin industriosus, meaning diligent, from Latin industria, diligence, rooted in Latin industrius and indu-.
industriousness (English): The quality of being industrious; diligence
Definitions
- The quality of being industrious; diligence
Ancestry of “industriousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | industrious | Hard-working and persistent |
| 2 | Middle French | industrieux | — |
| 3 | Latin | industriosus | diligent, active, industrious |
| 4 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 5 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 6 | Latin | struō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |