Where does “stravenue” come from?
stravenue (English) comes from English avenue, from French avenue, from Old French avenue, from Old French avenir, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
stravenue (English): In Tucson, Arizona, a street that runs diagonally between and intersects a street (running east–west) and an avenue (running north–south)
Definitions
- In Tucson, Arizona, a street that runs diagonally between and intersects a street (running east–west) and an avenue (running north–south)
Ancestry of “stravenue”, step by step
stravenue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English avenue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avenue | A broad street, especially one bordered by trees;... |
| 2 | French | avenue | avenue; a radial avenue; feminine singular of... |
| 3 | Old French | avenue | — |
| 4 | Old French | avenir | to happen |
| 5 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English street
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | street | A paved part of road, usually in a village or a... |
| 2 | Middle English | strete | A road or path connecting two settlements or... |
| 3 | Old English | strǣt | road; a road, a town-road, a street, a paved... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | strātu | street, paved road |
| 5 | Latin | strāta | a paved road |
| 6 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 7 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |