Etymograph

English

indestructive

From in- + destructive.

Formed from in- + destructive

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to strew, to spread out’

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Latin dēstruō ‘to tear down, destroy’

Latin dēstrūctīvus

Middle French destructif

Middle English destructyve

English destructive

Today it means

adj Not destructive.

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

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