Latin

struō

‘to build’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin struō.

14 English words in this record descend from Latin struō, most familiar first.

• construction ← construccioun ← cōnstructiō ← cōnstruō
• structure ← structūra
• destroy ← destroyen ← destruire ← *destrugere ← dēstruō
• destruction ← destruccioun ← destrucion ← destructio ← dēstruō
• instrument ← īnstrūmentum ← īnstruō
• instructor ← īnstruō
• construct ← cōnstrūctus ← cōnstruō
• destructive ← destructyve ← destructif ← dēstrūctīvus ← dēstruō
• destroyer ← destroyour ← destruieur ← destroyen ← destruire
• instruct ← īnstrūctus ← īnstruō
• constructor ← cōnstruō
• construe ← construen ← construo

More words from struō

• astructive
• extruction

Etymograph / Latin struō