Where does “industria” come from?
industria (Latin) comes 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.
industria (Latin): diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;...
Definitions
- diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;...
Ancestry of “industria”, step by step
industria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin industrius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 2 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via Old Latin indu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Latin | indu | Archaic form of in; in, within |
Words derived from “industria”
- industry
- industrial
- industrious
- industrialization
- industrialized
- Indus
- industriously
- industrialisation
- industrialised
- industrialism
- industrially
- industrialist
- postindustrial
- preindustrial
- deindustrialization
- industriousness
- industrialize
- nonindustrial
- industrywide
- interindustry
- nonindustrialized
- agroindustrial
- industrialise
- reindustrialization