Etymograph

English

stricturing

From stricture + -ing.

Formed from stricture + -ing

Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to shear’

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Proto-Italic *strigtos

Latin stringō ‘to tighten, compress’

Latin strictus ‘tightened, compressed, having been tightened’

Late Latin strictūra ‘a contraction, compression, stricture’

English stricture

Today it means

adj Forming strictures.

Sources

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