Where does “strewage” come from?
strewage (English) comes from English strew, from Middle English strewen, from Old English strewian, from Old English strēawian, from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic strawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European strowéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European strew- — sterile, infertile.
strewage (English): Material that is strewn around
Definitions
- Material that is strewn around
Ancestry of “strewage”, step by step
strewage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strew | To distribute objects or pieces of something over... |
| 2 | Middle English | strewen | — |
| 3 | Old English | strewian | Alternative form of strēawian; to strew, scatter |
| 4 | Old English | strēawian | to strew |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *strauwjan | to strew, to spread out |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strawjaną | to strew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strowéyeti | to strew, to disperse; to spawn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via English age
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | age | The whole duration of a being, whether animal,... |
| 2 | Middle English | age | The age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is |
| 3 | Old French | aage | age |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 5 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 6 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |