Where does “structures” come from?
Structures comes from Middle French structure, from Latin structura, from Latin struo meaning to build or arrange, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ster-.
structures (English): plural of structure; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of structure; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “structures”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | structure | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The... |
| 2 | Middle French | structure | — |
| 3 | Latin | structūra | — |
| 4 | Latin | struō | — |
| 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 |