Where does “sprain” come from?
Sprain comes from Middle French espraindre, from Latin exprimere meaning to press out, ultimately derived from the prefix ex-.
sprain (English): To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by...
Definitions
- To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by...
Ancestry of “sprain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | espraindre | to push out; to press out |
| 2 | Old French | espraindre | — |
| 3 | Latin | exprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 5 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |