Where does “astreignable” come from?
astreignable (French) comes from French astreindre, from Old French astreindre, from Latin astringō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
astreignable (French): constrainable
Definitions
- constrainable
Ancestry of “astreignable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | astreindre | to constrain, compel |
| 2 | Old French | astreindre | — |
| 3 | Latin | astringō | to draw close, bind or tie together; tighten, contract |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |