Latin
distringō
‘to distract’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin distringō.
4 English words in this record descend from Latin distringō, most familiar first.
- stress ← destresse ← destrecier
- antistress ← stress ← destresse ← destrecier
- distrain ← distreynen ← destraindre
- distriction ← districtio
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Etymograph / Latin distringō