industriya

Cebuano

Etymology

From English industry, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria (“diligence, activity, industry”), from industrius (“diligent, active, zealous”), from Old Latin indostruus (“diligent, active”); origin unknown. Perhaps from indu (“in”) + ūst-, ūstr-, stem of ūrō (“burn, burn up, consume”, verb), related to Old High German ūstrī (“industry”), Old English andūstrian (“to hate, detest”, literally “to be consumed with zeal”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: in‧dus‧tri‧ya

Noun

industriya

  1. An industry; an enterprise or a group of businesses.
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