Where does “structură” come from?
structură (Romanian) comes from French structurer, from French structure, 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.
structură (Romanian): structure
Ancestry of “structură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | structurer | to structure |
| 2 | French | structure | structure |
| 3 | Latin | structūra | — |
| 4 | Latin | struō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |