Where does “structure” 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-.
structure (English): A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The...
Definitions
- A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The...
Ancestry of “structure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | structure | — |
| 2 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 3 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
Words derived from “structure”
- structures
- structural
- structured
- structurally
- superstructure
- unstructured
- struct
- microstructure
- restructure
- structuralist
- structuralism
- poststructuralist
- substructure
- poststructuralism
- microstructural
- ultrastructural
- structuration
- semistructured
- nanostructured
- ultrastructure
- nanostructure
- structureless
- nonstructural
- poststructural