Where does “strain” come from?
Strain comes from Middle English strenen, from Old French estreindre, from Latin stringere meaning to draw tight or bind, traced through Proto-Indo-European strew-, sterh₃-, ster-, and (s)ter-.
strain (English): Race; lineage, pedigree; A particular variety of...
Definitions
- Race; lineage, pedigree; A particular variety of...
Ancestry of “strain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | straynen | — |
| 2 | Old French | estreindre | to strain |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | strinctus | tightened, compressed |
| 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... |
Words derived from “strain”