Where does “strapazieren” come from?
strapazieren (German) comes from Italian strapazzare, from Italian stra-, from Latin extrā, from Latin exter, from Proto-Italic *eksteros.
strapazieren (German): To stress, to strain, to tire, to tax, to...
Definitions
- To stress, to strain, to tire, to tax, to...
Ancestry of “strapazieren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | strapazzare | to handle roughly; to rough up |
| 2 | Italian | stra- | prefix used to indicate excessiveness,... |
| 3 | Latin | extrā | on the outside |
| 4 | Latin | exter | On the outside, outward, external, outer; Of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *eksteros | — |