Where does “stramb” come from?

stramb (Maltese) comes from Italian strambo, from Vulgar Latin strambus, from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.

stramb (Maltese): strange, odd, weird

Definitions

  1. strange, odd, weird

Ancestry of “stramb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstrambostrange, queer, odd; contorted; first-person...
2Vulgar Latinstrambussquinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted
3Latinstrabussquinting, crooked, slanted
4Ancient Greekστραβόςdistorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrebʰ-—

Words derived from “stramb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek στραβός →Every word from Latin strabus →