myEtymology.com: English etymology of constructor

Etymology of the English word constructor

the English word constructor

derived from the English word construct

derived from the Latin word constructus

derived from the Late Latin word construere (heap, pile, load)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Latin word struere (build, construct)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ster-

using the English suffix -or

Word found in Modern English