Where does “prestraighten” come from?
prestraighten (English) comes from English straighten, from English straight, from Middle English streight, from Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan, from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.
prestraighten (English): To straighten in advance
Definitions
- To straighten in advance
Ancestry of “prestraighten”, step by step
prestraighten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English straighten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | straighten | To cause to become straight; To become straight;... |
| 2 | English | straight | Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction... |
| 3 | Middle English | streight | straight; direct |
| 4 | Middle English | strecchen | To stretch out, spread, extend; To stretch,... |
| 5 | Old English | streċċan | to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | strakkjan | to stretch, to make straight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)treg- | rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |