Where does “Industrieland” come from?
Industrieland (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.
Industrieland (German): industrialized country
Ancestry of “Industrieland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Industrie | industry |
| 2 | French | industrie | an industry, productive enterprise; a profession;... |
| 3 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 4 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 5 | Latin | struō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |