Etymograph

English

stringbed

From string + bed.

A compound of string + bed

Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘rope’

Proto-Germanic *strangiz

Proto-West Germanic *strangi

Old English strenġ

Middle English string

English string

Proto-Germanic *badją ‘resting-place’

Proto-West Germanic *badi ‘plot of ground’

Old English bedd

Middle English bed ‘a bed’

English bed

Today it means

noun The matrix of strings within the oval frame of a racket

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stringbed”. 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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