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Where does “unstructuredness” come from?

unstructuredness (English) comes from English unstructured, from English structured, from English structure, from Middle French structure, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew- — sterile, infertile.

unstructuredness (English): The state or condition of being unstructured;...

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being unstructured;...

Ancestry of “unstructuredness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunstructuredLacking structure
2Englishstructuredhaving structure; organized; simple past tense...
3EnglishstructureA cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The...
4Middle Frenchstructure—
5Latinstructūra—
6Latinstruō—
7Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
9Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
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