Etymograph

English

strigose

Strigose comes from Latin striga ‘row, strip, swath’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *streyg-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*streyg-1‘to brush, strip, shear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*strigā1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstriga2‘row, strip, swath’
  4. Englishtodaystrigose2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin striga
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English strigose

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*streyg-Wiktionary, Latin striga‘to brush, strip, shear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*strigāWiktionary, Latin strigareconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstrigaWiktionary, English strigose‘row, strip, swath’
  4. EnglishtodaystrigoseWiktionary, English strigose

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to brush, strip, shear’

strike, stroke, streak, distress, restraint, stricken, stringent, stricture, 6 more

Today it means

adj Having fine grooves, ridges, or streaks.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “strigose”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin striga. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *streyg- / strigose

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