Where does “lithostructural” come from?

lithostructural (English) comes from English structural, from English structure, from Middle French structure, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- — sterile, infertile.

lithostructural (English): Relating to lithostructure

Definitions

  1. Relating to lithostructure

Ancestry of “lithostructural”, step by step

lithostructural traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English structural

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstructuralOf, relating to, or having structure; Involving...
2EnglishstructureA cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The...
3Middle Frenchstructure
4Latinstructūrathe practice or process of building, construction
5Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
6Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
8Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via English litho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlithoClipping of lithographic; To lithograph
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-