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
1Latinīnstrūctusequipped, prepared
2Proto-Italicenstroutos

Words derived from “instruct

Every word from Proto-Italic enstroutosEvery word from Latin īnstrūctus