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Where does “restringent” come from?

restringent (English) comes from Latin restringens, from Latin restringō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

restringent (English): astringent; styptic; A restringent medicine

Definitions

  1. astringent; styptic; A restringent medicine

Ancestry of “restringent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrestringenstightening
2Latinrestringō—
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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