Where does “street” come from?
Street comes from Middle English streete, from Old English strǣt, from Latin strata, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ster-, meaning to spread or stretch.
street (English): A paved part of road, usually in a village or a...
Definitions
- A paved part of road, usually in a village or a...
Ancestry of “street”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | strete | A road or path connecting two settlements or... |
| 2 | Old English | strǣt | road; a road, a town-road, a street, a paved... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | strātu | street, paved road |
| 4 | Latin | strāta | a paved road |
| 5 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 6 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |