Latin
strictus
‘tightened’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin strictus.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin strictus, most familiar first.
- strict
- strait ← streit ← estreit
- stricture ← strictūra
- stretto
- abstriction ← strictio
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Etymograph / Latin strictus