Word part · Latin root
The Latin root struct
Means: build.
At a glance
- Part
- struct
- Meaning
- build
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
Students can picture building with blocks, then with ideas: construct a fort, instruct a class.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- con (prefix)+struct (root or base)→construct
build by putting parts together
- con (prefix)+struct (root or base)+ion (suffix)→construction
the act of building; something built
- con (prefix)+struct (root or base)+ive (suffix)→constructive
helping to build up or improve
- in (prefix)+struct (root or base)→instruct
teach; build knowledge into someone
- in (prefix)+struct (root or base)+or (suffix)→instructor
a person who teaches a skill
- in (prefix)+struct (root or base)+ion (suffix)→instruction
teaching; a step that tells what to do
- re (prefix)+con (prefix)+struct (root or base)→reconstruct
build again
- de (prefix)+struct (root or base)+ive (suffix)→destructive
tending to tear down or ruin
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