English word industry comes from Latin indostruus, and later Latin industrius (Active, industrious, assiduous, diligent.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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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 [...] |