Where does “preindustry” come from?
preindustry (English) comes from English industry, from Middle English industry, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria, from Latin industrius, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew- — sterile, infertile.
preindustry (English): Before industry
Definitions
- Before industry
Ancestry of “preindustry”, step by step
preindustry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English industry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | industry | The tendency to work persistently. Diligence;... |
| 2 | Middle English | industry | — |
| 3 | Old French | industrie | — |
| 4 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 5 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 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 |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |