Where does “stratus” come from?
Stratus comes from Latin stratus, the past participle of sterno meaning to spread or lay out, derived from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- and ster- meaning to spread or extend.
stratus (English): A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of...
Definitions
- A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of...
Ancestry of “stratus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | stratos | valley |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥h₃tós | stretched, spread |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |