construe

English

/kənˈstɹuː/, /ˈkɒnstəɹ/

noun
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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

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Motion

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