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Where does “struct” come from?

Structure comes from Middle French structure, from Latin structura, derived from the Latin verb struo meaning "to build or arrange," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ster-.

struct (English): A data structure, especially one that serves to...

Definitions

  1. A data structure, especially one that serves to...

Ancestry of “struct”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstructureA cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The...
2Middle Frenchstructure—
3Latinstructūra—
4Latinstruō—
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
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