Etymology

industrialize

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Today it means: To develop industry; to become industrial. Full definition →

French industrialiser ← Latin industria ← Proto-Italic *strowō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dó
  2. Old Latinendo
  3. Latinindu
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*strew-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*stréweti
  8. Proto-Italic*strowō
  9. Latinstruō
  10. Latinindustrius
  11. Latinindustria
  12. Frenchindustrie
  13. Frenchindustriel
  14. Frenchindustrialiser
  15. English todayindustrialize

Borrowed from French industrialiser.

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