Where does “unstrainable” come from?
unstrainable (English) comes from English strainable, from English strain, from Middle English straynen, from Old French estreindre, from Vulgar Latin strinctus, from Latin strictus, from Latin stringere, from Latin stringo — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
unstrainable (English): Not strainable
Ancestry of “unstrainable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | strainable | That can be strained or filtered |
| 2 | English | strain | Race; lineage, pedigree; A particular variety of... |
| 3 | Middle English | straynen | — |
| 4 | Old French | estreindre | to strain |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | strinctus | tightened, compressed |
| 6 | Latin | strictus | tightened, compressed, having been tightened;... |
| 7 | Latin | stringere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | stringo | I press, tighten, compress; I unsheath |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stringō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |