Etymology of the French word destroyer
the French word
destroyerderived from the English word
destroyerderived from the English word
destroyderived from the Old French word
destruirederived 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-Date
The earliest known usage of destroyer in French dates from the 19th century.
