Where does “instruire” come from?

instruire (French) comes from Latin instruere, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

instruire (French): to instruct, to teach; to hear, to try

Definitions

  1. to instruct, to teach; to hear, to try

Ancestry of “instruire”, step by step

instruire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin instruere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininstruerepresent active infinitive of īnstruō; to build...
2Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4Old Latinenin
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Middle French instruire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchinstruireto teach; to train
2Latinīnstruōto build in or into, insert; erect, construct

Words derived from “instruire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin in- →