Etymograph

English

strawbreadth

straw + breadth

A compound of straw + breadth

Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘barren, infertile’

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Proto-Germanic *strawą ‘that which is strewn, straw’

Proto-West Germanic *strau

Old English strēaw

Middle English straugh

English straw

Middle English brede

Middle English bredthe

English breadth

Today it means

noun Synonym of hairbreadth.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “strawbreadth”. 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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