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Where does “interdistrettuale” come from?

interdistrettuale (Italian) comes from Italian distrettuale, from Italian distretto, from Latin districtus, from Latin strictus, from Latin stringere, from Latin stringo, from Proto-Italic stringō, from Proto-Indo-European streyg- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

interdistrettuale (Italian): inter-district

Definitions

  1. inter-district

Ancestry of “interdistrettuale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandistrettualedistrict
2Italiandistrettodistrict, precinct, area, zone; recruiting...
3Latindistrictusbusy, stretched; distracted
4Latinstrictustightened, compressed, having been tightened;...
5Latinstringeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatinstringoI press, tighten, compress; I unsheath
7Proto-Italicstringō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
9Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
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