Etymology

instruction

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Today it means: The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. Full definition →

Middle English instruccioun ← Old French instruccion ← Latin īnstrūctiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*strew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*stréweti
  9. Proto-Italic*strowō
  10. Latinstruō
  11. Latinīnstruō
  12. Latinīnstrūctiō
  13. Old Frenchinstruccion
  14. Middle Englishinstruccioun
  15. English todayinstruction

From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion.

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