Where does “instrui” come from?
instrui (Esperanto) comes from German instruieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
instrui (Esperanto): to inform, instruct, teach, train
Definitions
- to inform, instruct, teach, train
Ancestry of “instrui”, step by step
instrui traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German instruieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | instruieren | to instruct |
| 2 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French instruire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | instruire | to instruct, to teach; to hear, to try |
| 2 | Latin | instruere | present active infinitive of īnstruō; to build... |
| 3 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 4 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English instruct
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | instruct | To teach by giving instructions; To tell what... |
| 2 | Latin | īnstrūctus | equipped, prepared |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | enstroutos | — |