constructyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[construct 词源字典]
construct: [17] Construct comes from the present participle of Latin construere ‘pile up together, build’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- and struere ‘pile up’ (source of English destroy and structure). English acquired the same verb somewhat earlier, in the 14th century, in the form construe.
=> construe, destroy, structure[construct etymology, construct origin, 英语词源]
construct (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., from Latin constructus, past participle of construere "to heap up" (see construction). Related: Constructed; constructing.
construct (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1871 in linguistics, 1890 in psychology, 1933 in the general sense of "anything constructed;" from construct (v.).