myEtymology.com: English etymology of destroyer

Etymology of the English word destroyer

the English word destroyer

derived from the English word destroy

derived from the Old French word destruire

derived from the Latin word destruere (demolish, pull, tear down)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word struere (build, construct)

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