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Where does “striae” come from?

Striae comes from Latin stria, from Proto-Italic strigjā, from Proto-Indo-European strengʰ-, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European ster-.

striae (English): plural of stria

Definitions

  1. plural of stria

Ancestry of “striae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstriaA stripe, usually one of a set of parallel...
2LatinstriaA furrow, channel, groove, hollow; Alternative...
3Latinvascularis—
4Latinvāsculum—
5Latin-culumnominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative...
6Proto-Italic-klom—
7Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
8Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
9Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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