Where does “dustodik” come from?
dustodik (Volapük) comes from Volapük dustod, from English industry, from Middle English industry, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria, from Latin industrius, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō — sterile, infertile.
dustodik (Volapük): industrial
Ancestry of “dustodik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Volapük | dustod | industry |
| 2 | English | industry | The tendency to work persistently. Diligence;... |
| 3 | Middle English | industry | — |
| 4 | Old French | industrie | — |
| 5 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 6 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 7 | Latin | struō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |