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Where does “streight” come from?

streight (Middle English) comes from Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan, from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.

streight (Middle English): straight; direct

Definitions

  1. straight; direct

Ancestry of “streight”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishstrecchenTo stretch out, spread, extend; To stretch,...
2Old Englishstreċċanto stretch, hold out, extend, spread out,...
3Proto-West Germanicstrakkjanto stretch, to make straight
4Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong

Words derived from “streight”

  • straight
  • straightforward
  • straighten
  • straightway
  • straightforwardly
  • straightforwardness
  • straightener
  • straightish
  • nonstraight
  • restraighten
  • unstraight
  • unstraightforward
  • straightface
  • straightforth
  • unstraightforwardness
  • straightwise
  • unstraighten
  • straighteneth
  • antistraight
  • straightsplain
  • straighthorn
  • straightenest
  • straightenable
  • nonstraightenable
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