Where does “poststructuralist” come from?
Poststructuralist derives from English structural, itself from English structure, which comes from Latin structura, the noun form of Latin struo meaning to build or arrange, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ster-.
poststructuralist (English): Of, pertaining to, or advocating...
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- Of, pertaining to, or advocating...
Ancestry of “poststructuralist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | structuralist | Of or pertaining to structuralism; An advocate or... |
| 2 | English | structural | Of, relating to, or having structure; Involving... |
| 3 | English | structure | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The... |
| 4 | Middle French | structure | — |
| 5 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 6 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |