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struct

to build, to pile up

Latin · struere / structus

Latin struere 'to build', past form structus. Struct words are about putting parts together or arranging them: construct builds together, reconstruct builds again, obstruct builds a barrier in the way.

Memory trick

A STRUCTure is stacked bricks: build it together (con-), again (re-), or in the way (ob-).

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