Where does “District” come from?
District comes from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus, from Latin distringere meaning to stretch apart, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European strenk- and dwóh₁.
District (English): An administrative division of an area; An area or...
Definitions
- An administrative division of an area; An area or...
Ancestry of “District”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | district | district |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | districtus | a district within which the lord may distrain,... |
| 3 | Latin | districtus | busy, stretched; distracted |
| 4 | Latin | strictus | tightened, compressed, having been tightened;... |
| 5 | Latin | stringere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | stringo | I press, tighten, compress; I unsheath |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stringō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |