Where does “infrastructure” come from?
infrastructure (French) comes from French infra-, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
infrastructure (French): infrastructure an underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Definitions
- infrastructure an underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Ancestry of “infrastructure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | infra- | infra |
| 2 | Latin | infra | below |
| 3 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 4 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 5 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “infrastructure”
- infrastructure
- infrastructural
- cyberinfrastructure
- infrastructurally
- infrastructured
- noninfrastructure
- noninfrastructural
- infrastructuur
- infrastruktur
- infrastruktur
- infrastructurel
- infrastructură
- enfrastrüktür
- infrastruktúra
- インフラストラクチャー
- fietsinfrastructuur
- e-infrastructure
- imprastruktura
- imprastraktura
- non-infrastructure
- enfrastrüktürel
- infrastruktur
- infrastructuralist
- infrastruktúrák