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- Latin · derived fromstructūra“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”
- Middle French · derived fromstructure
- English todaystructure
From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.