Word Study
infrastructure
OXFORD DICTIONARY
infrastructure, n.
1 a the basic structural foundations of a society or enterprise; a substructure or foundation. b roads, bridges, sewers, etc., regarded as a country's economic foundation.
2 permanent installations as a basis for military etc. operations.
1 a the basic structural foundations of a society or enterprise; a substructure or foundation. b roads, bridges, sewers, etc., regarded as a country's economic foundation.
2 permanent installations as a basis for military etc. operations.
Etymology
F (as INFRA-, STRUCTURE)
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