Etymograph

English

instructory

From instruct + -ory.

Formed from instruct + -ory

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

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Proto-Italic *strowō ‘to pile up’

Latin struō ‘pile up, arrange’

Latin īnstruō ‘I instruct’

Latin īnstrūctus ‘arranged’

English instruct

Today it means

adj Of or relating to instruction; instructive; educational.

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

Etymograph / instructory