Etymology of the Latin word destruere
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-Derivations in Latin
destructus,
destruensDerivations in other languages
French
destruire, Italian
distruggere, Portuguese
destruir, Spanish
destruir
