English
extruction
Extruction comes from Latin exstructio ‘building up, construction’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to strew, to spread out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strew-‘to strew, to spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stréwetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*strowō‘to construct, build’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstruō‘compose, build’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexstruō‘to build up, construct’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexstructio‘building up, construction’perfect passive participle of exstruō
- Englishearliest quotation 1665extruction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strew-‘to strew, to spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stréwetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*strowō‘to construct, build’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstruō‘compose, build’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexstruō‘to build up, construct’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexstructio‘building up, construction’perfect passive participle of exstruō
- Englishearliest quotation 1665extruction
Earliest quotation: 1665, John Webb, A Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored: […]: “[O]f Famous Temples of the Romans, their Palaces, Baths,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to strew, to spread out’
strain, straw, stray, constructive, obstruction, obstruct, perestroika, stripling, misconstrue, 7 more
through Proto-Italic *strowō ‘to construct, build’
through Latin struō ‘compose, build’
destroy, structure, construction, instrument, instructor, destruction, construct, destructive, instruct, construe, 3 more
Today it means
noun A building up; a construction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *strew- / extruction