construct
English
/ˈkɒn.stɹʌkt/, /ˈkɑn.stɹʌkt/, /kənˈstɹʌkt/
noun
Definitions
- Something constructed from parts.
- A concept or model.
- (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin constructus root from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*strew-
Gloss
strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coconstruct English
- constructable English
- constructest English
- constructeth English
- constructibility English
- constructible English
- constructional English
- constructionism English
- constructive English
- constructivism English
- constructivist English
- deconstruct English
- deconstructable English
- deconstructible English
- deconstructor English
- destruct English
- destructible English
- destructively English
- destructiveness English
- destructivity English
- foreconstruct English
- inconstructible English
- misconstruct English
- nanoconstruct English
- obstruct English
- overconstruct English
- preconstruct English
- reconstruct English
- reconstructable English
- reconstructible English
- reconstructor English
- subconstruct English
- unconstruct English
- unconstructable English
- unconstructible English
- unreconstruct English
- constructio Latin
- constructus Latin
- construere Latin
- construo Latin
- cōnstructiō Latin
- destructio Latin
- destructio, dēstructiōnem, dēstructiō Latin
- destructivus Latin
- destruo Latin
- dēstruō Latin
- instrumentalis Latin
- obstructio Latin
- strava Latin
- strues Latin
- *strew- Proto-Indo-European
- *straupijaną Proto-Germanic
- *strawjaną Proto-Germanic
- *streuną Proto-Germanic
- strȳnd Old English
- misconstruen Middle English
- *strowō Proto-Italic
- стройи Old East Slavic
- obstruct
- destruct
- deconstruct
- coconstruct
- unconstruct
- reconstruct
- misconstruct
- constructeth
- constructest
- preconstruct
- constructive
- subconstruct
- destructible
- destructivity
- unreconstruct
- reconstructor
- constructable
- deconstructor
- nanoconstruct
- overconstruct
- destructively
- constructible
- foreconstruct
- constructivism
- constructional
- constructivist
- deconstructable
- constructionism
- destructiveness
- unconstructable
- unconstructible
- deconstructible
- reconstructable
- reconstructible
- inconstructible
- constructibility