Where does “structure” come from?
structure (Middle French) comes 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.
Ancestry of “structure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 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 |
Words derived from “structure”
- structure
- structures
- structural
- structured
- structurally
- superstructure
- unstructured
- struct
- microstructure
- restructure
- structuralist
- structuralism
- poststructuralist
- substructure
- poststructuralism
- microstructural
- ultrastructural
- structuration
- semistructured
- nanostructured
- ultrastructure
- nanostructure
- structureless
- nonstructural