Where does “Gitterstruktur” come from?

Gitterstruktur (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.

Gitterstruktur (German): lattice structure

Definitions

  1. lattice structure

Ancestry of “Gitterstruktur”, step by step

Gitterstruktur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Struktur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStrukturstructure
2Latinstructūrathe practice or process of building, construction
3Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
4Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via German Gitter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGitterlattice, grid, mesh (of metal), grating, bars
2Old FrenchgeterAlternative form of jeter
3Middle High Germangatertogether; grating, fence
4Old High Germangataro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European strew-
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