Where does “macrostructure” come from?

macrostructure (English) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

macrostructure (English): The gross structure of a material or tissue as...

Definitions

  1. The gross structure of a material or tissue as...

Ancestry of “macrostructure”, step by step

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

Words derived from “macrostructure

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-
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