Where does “infra” come from?
Infra comes from Latin infra, meaning "below," combined with Latin struo, meaning "to build," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ster-, meaning "to spread or strew."
infra (English): Discussed later; Infrastructure
Definitions
- Discussed later; Infrastructure
Ancestry of “infra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | infra | below |
| 2 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 3 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 4 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |