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Where does “agroindustria” come from?

agroindustria (Italian) comes from Italian industria, from Latin industria, from Latin industrius, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

agroindustria (Italian): agroindustry

Definitions

  1. agroindustry

Ancestry of “agroindustria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianindustriaindustry
2Latinindustriadiligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;...
3Latinindustriusactive, industrious, assiduous, diligent
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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