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Where does “stringere” come from?

stringere (Latin) comes from Latin stringo, from Proto-Italic stringō, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

stringere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “stringere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinstringoI press, tighten, compress; I unsheath
2Proto-Italicstringō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “stringere”

  • district
  • strict
  • strictly
  • Detroit
  • strait
  • strictness
  • stricture
  • astringent
  • straitjacket
  • subdistrict
  • straitly
  • distrain
  • astringency
  • districtwide
  • stretto
  • straitness
  • interdistrict
  • multidistrict
  • strictured
  • Detroiter
  • redistrict
  • strictureplasty
  • intradistrict
  • astringently
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