Proto-Indo-European
*(s)treg-
‘rigid, stiff’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-.
6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, most familiar first.
- straight ← streight ← strecchen ← streċċan ← *strakkjan
- stretch ← strecchen ← streċċan ← *strakkjan
- stretching ← strecchinge ← streċċende ← *strakkjandī ← *strakkjan
- strenuous ← strenuus
- straught ← streahte ← streċċan ← *strakkjan ← *strak
- strenuity ← strenuitas ← strēnuus
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-