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Where does “stria” come from?

stria (French) comes from French strier, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

stria (French): third-person singular past historic of strier

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of strier

Ancestry of “stria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstrierto streak, stripe; to striate
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
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