Where does “macrostructură” come from?

macrostructură (Romanian) comes from English macrostructure, from English structure, from Middle French structure, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- — sterile, infertile.

macrostructură (Romanian): macrostructure

Definitions

  1. macrostructure

Ancestry of “macrostructură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmacrostructureThe gross structure of a material or tissue as...
2EnglishstructureA cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The...
3Middle Frenchstructure
4Latinstructūrathe practice or process of building, construction
5Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
6Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
8Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-