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Where does “structures” come from?

structures (French) comes from French structurer, 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.

structures (French): second-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. second-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “structures”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstructurerto structure
2Frenchstructurestructure
3Latinstructūra—
4Latinstruō—
5Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
7Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
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