Etymograph

English

stria

Stria comes from Latin stria ‘furrow’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstria1‘furrow’
  2. Englishtodaystria1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stria

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstriaWiktionary, English stria‘furrow’
  2. EnglishtodaystriaWiktionary, English stria

Every English word from Latin stria

Today it means

noun A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stria”. 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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