deconstruct
/ˌdikənstˈɹʌkt/dee-kuhn-STRUHKT
/ˌdikənstˈɹʌkt/dee-kuhn-STRUHKT
Meaningto unbuild
Common meaning: to take apart in order to analyse
- dedown, away, off; undoing
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- structto heap up; to buildLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1767 · scan
‘down, away, off’ + ‘with, together’ + ‘to heap up’ → deconstruct
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin struō ‘to heap up; to build’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry struō, p. 1767 · dictionary scan
Roots
- struō, strūxī, strūctum Latin “to heap up; to build”
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