Where does “Halbleiterindustrie” come from?

Halbleiterindustrie (German) comes from German Industrie, from French industrie, from Latin industria, from Latin industrius, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- — sterile, infertile.

Halbleiterindustrie (German): semiconductor industry

Definitions

  1. semiconductor industry

Ancestry of “Halbleiterindustrie”, step by step

Halbleiterindustrie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Industrie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanIndustrieindustry
2Frenchindustriean industry, productive enterprise; a profession;...
3Latinindustriadiligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;...
4Latinindustriusactive, industrious, assiduous, diligent
5Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
6Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
8Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via German Halbleiter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHalbleitersemiconductor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-