Where does “structural” come from?
Structural comes from English structure, from Latin structura, from Latin struo meaning "to build or arrange," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ster- meaning "to spread or extend."
structural (English): Of, relating to, or having structure; Involving...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or having structure; Involving...
Ancestry of “structural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | structure | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The... |
| 2 | Middle French | structure | — |
| 3 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 4 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
Words derived from “structural”
- structurally
- structuralist
- structuralism
- poststructuralist
- poststructuralism
- microstructural
- nonstructural
- poststructural
- macrostructural
- isostructural
- sociostructural
- neostructuralist
- nanostructural
- structuralization
- structurality
- antistructural
- technostructural
- structuralistic
- microstructurally
- geostructural
- lithostructural
- neostructural
- poststructurally
- neurostructural