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Where does “strainable” come from?

strainable (English) comes from English strain, from Middle English straynen, from Old French estreindre, from Vulgar Latin strinctus, from Latin strictus, from Latin stringere, from Latin stringo, from Proto-Italic stringō — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

strainable (English): That can be strained or filtered

Definitions

  1. That can be strained or filtered

Ancestry of “strainable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstrainRace; lineage, pedigree; A particular variety of...
2Middle Englishstraynen—
3Old Frenchestreindreto strain
4Vulgar Latinstrinctustightened, compressed
5Latinstrictustightened, compressed, having been tightened;...
6Latinstringeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinstringoI press, tighten, compress; I unsheath
8Proto-Italicstringō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
10Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “strainable”

  • unstrainable
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