English

agroindustry

From agro- + industry.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’

Latin ager ‘field’

English agro-

Old Latin indostruus ‘diligent, active’

Latin industrius ‘diligent, active, zealous’

Latin industria ‘diligence, activity, industry’

Old French industrie

Middle English industry

Today it means

noun Agricultural activity viewed as an industrial sector of the economy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agroindustry