construe
English
/kənˈstɹuː/, /ˈkɒnstəɹ/
noun
Definitions
- A translation.
- An interpretation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin construere, construo, construo (pile together) root from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*strew-
Gloss
strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- construable English
- construal English
- constructible English
- constructional English
- constructionism English
- constructive English
- constructivism English
- constructivist English
- construer English
- deconstrue English
- destruct English
- destructible English
- destructively English
- destructiveness English
- destructivity English
- inconstruable English
- misconstruable English
- misconstrual English
- misconstruation English
- misconstrue English
- misconstruer English
- obstruct English
- reconstrual English
- reconstrue English
- constructio Latin
- constructus Latin
- construere Latin
- construere, construo Latin
- construo Latin
- cōnstructiō Latin
- destructio Latin
- destructio, dēstructiōnem, dēstructiō Latin
- destructivus Latin
- destruo Latin
- dēstruō Latin
- instrumentalis Latin
- obstructio Latin
- strava Latin
- strues Latin
- struō Latin
- construire French
- *strew- Proto-Indo-European
- *straupijaną Proto-Germanic
- *strawjaną Proto-Germanic
- *streuną Proto-Germanic
- strȳnd Old English
- misconstruen Middle English
- *strowō Proto-Italic
- стройи Old East Slavic
- obstruct
- destruct
- construal
- construer
- reconstrue
- deconstrue
- reconstrual
- construable
- misconstrue
- misconstruer
- destructible
- constructive
- misconstrual
- destructivity
- inconstruable
- destructively
- constructible
- constructivism
- misconstruable
- constructional
- constructivist
- constructionism
- destructiveness
- misconstruation