Proto-Indo-European

*sterh₃-

‘to spread’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-, most familiar first.

• street ← strete ← strēt ← *strātu ← strāta
• straw ← straugh ← strēaw ← *strau ← *strawą
• strand ← *strandō ← *(s)trAnt-
• sternum ← στέρνον ← *stér(h₃)-no-m
• prostrate ← prostrat(e) ← prōstrātus ← prōsternō ← sternō
• stratum ← sternō ← *stornō ← *str̥néh₃ti
• stratus ← *strātos ← *str̥h₃tós
• stroma ← στρῶμα ← στόρνυμι ← *stórnūmi
• substratum ← substernō
• strath ← srath ← srath ← *stratos ← *str̥h₃tós
• stratify ← stratifier ← strate ← stratum ← sternō
• sarn

More words from *sterh₃-

• estrade
• stratocracy
• stramineous
• stratography
• strommel
• stratocrat

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-