Where does “proto-industry” come from?
proto-industry (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.
proto-industry (English): Domestic manufacturing or commercial activity...
Definitions
- Domestic manufacturing or commercial activity...
Ancestry of “proto-industry”, step by step
proto-industry 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 proto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proto | Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of... |
| 2 | English | proto- | first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |