Where does “street talk” come from?
street talk (English) comes from English street, from Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt, from Proto-West Germanic strātu, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō — sterile, infertile.
street talk (English): Speech seen as vulgar and improper, especially that associated with uneducated and low-class people; slang
Definitions
- Speech seen as vulgar and improper, especially that associated with uneducated and low-class people; slang
Ancestry of “street talk”, step by step
street talk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English talk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | talk | To communicate, usually by means of speech; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | talken | — |
| 3 | Old English | tealcian | to talk, chat |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talkōną | to talk, chatter |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | talōną | to tell, speak, recount; to count, to reckon |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |