Etymology

agroindustry

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Today it means: Agricultural activity viewed as an industrial sector of the economy. Full definition →

English industry ← Latin ager ← Proto-Italic *agros
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  3. Proto-Italic*agros
  4. Latinager
  5. Englishagro-
  6. Englishindustry
  7. English todayagroindustry

From agro- + industry.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.