Where does “strait-handedness” come from?
strait-handedness (English) comes from English strait-handed, from English strait, from Italian stretto, from Spanish estrecho, from Old Spanish estrecho, from Latin strictus, from Latin stringere, from Latin stringo — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
strait-handedness (English): The quality of being strait-handed; greed;...
Definitions
- The quality of being strait-handed; greed;...
Ancestry of “strait-handedness”, step by step
strait-handedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strait-handed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strait-handed | parsimonious; sparing; niggardly |
| 2 | English | strait | Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close;... |
| 3 | Italian | stretto | narrow; tight; strict |
| 4 | Spanish | estrecho | narrow; tight; close, kin |
| 5 | Old Spanish | estrecho | narrow |
| 6 | Latin | strictus | tightened, compressed, having been tightened;... |
| 7 | Latin | stringere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | stringo | I press, tighten, compress; I unsheath |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stringō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |