Where does “instruction” come from?

Instruction comes from Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio, derived from the Latin suffix -tio attached to a verbal root, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ti- and -tis.

instruction (English): The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing...

Definitions

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing...

Ancestry of “instruction”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	instruccioun	—
2	Old French	instruccion	—
3	Latin	instructio	A constructing, erecting, building, insertion; An...
4	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
5	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
7	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
8	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9	Latin	calceus	shoe
10	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
11	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “instruction”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →