Proto-Italic

*strowō

‘to construct, build’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *strowō.

14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *strowō, most familiar first.

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

More words from *strowō

• astructive
• extruction

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *strowō