Where does “Feinstruktur” come from?
Feinstruktur (German) comes from German Struktur, 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.
Feinstruktur (German): fine structure
Definitions
- fine structure
Ancestry of “Feinstruktur”, step by step
Feinstruktur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Struktur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Struktur | structure |
| 2 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 3 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 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 |