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Where does “strowō” come from?

strowō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

strowō (Proto-Italic): pile up; construct, build

Definitions

  1. pile up; construct, build

Ancestry of “strowō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
2Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strowō”

  • structure
  • construction
  • structures
  • destruction
  • structural
  • destroy
  • construct
  • infrastructure
  • destructive
  • reconstruction
  • destroying
  • obstruction
  • reconstruct
  • destroyer
  • structurally
  • deconstruction
  • superstructure
  • construe
  • struct
  • microstructure
  • restructure
  • structuralist
  • structuralism
  • infrastructural
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