English
stratal
From stratum + -al.
Formed from stratum + -al
Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‘to spread’
Proto-Indo-European *str̥néh₃ti ‘to strew’
Proto-Italic *stornō
Latin sternō ‘spread’
Latin strātum ‘a spread for a bed, coverlet, quilt, blanket’
English stratum
Today it means
adj of or pertaining to a stratum
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stratal”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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