Where does “strata” come from?
strata (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic strātu, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō, from Proto-Indo-European str̥-n-h₃-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
strata (Old Saxon): street, paved road
Ancestry of “strata”, step by step