Etymograph

English

strokee

From stroke + -ee.

Formed from stroke + -ee

Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to rub, stroke’

Proto-Germanic *straikaz

Proto-West Germanic *straik ‘stroke, line, dash’

Old English strāc

Middle English strok ‘blow from a weapon, cut’

English stroke

Today it means

noun Someone who has suffered brain damage due to a stroke.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “strokee”. 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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