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Where does “instruct” come from?

Instruct comes from Latin instructus, past participle of instruo, which derives from Proto-Italic enstrowō.

instruct (English): To teach by giving instructions; To tell what...

Definitions

  1. To teach by giving instructions; To tell what...

Ancestry of “instruct”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnstrūctus—
2Proto-Italicenstroutos—

Words derived from “instruct”

  • instructive
  • instructively
  • uninstructive
  • instructer
  • instructiveness
  • instructeth
  • reinstruct
  • instructest
  • uninstructively
  • instructable
  • instructability
  • noninstructive
  • preinstruct
  • instructible
  • misinstruct
  • uninstructiveness
  • uninstructable
  • overinstruct
  • instructology
  • instructological
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