Where does “mégastructure” come from?
mégastructure (French) comes from French structure, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
mégastructure (French): megastructure
Ancestry of “mégastructure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | structure | structure |
| 2 | Latin | structūra | — |
| 3 | Latin | struō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |