Industry etymology

English

English word industry comes from Latin indostruus, and later Latin industrius (Active, industrious, assiduous, diligent.)

Detailed word origin of industry

Dictionary entry Language Definition
indostruus Latin (lat)
industrius Latin (lat) Active, industrious, assiduous, diligent.
industria Latin (lat) Diligence, purpose. Industry.
industrie Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro)
industry English (en) (European, _, software, _, patent law) Automated production of material goods. (archaeology) A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.. (countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.. (in the singular, economics) The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.. (uncountable) The tendency to work [...]

Words with the same origin as industry

Descendants of indostruus

industrial