Latin

stringō

‘to bind, to tie’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin stringō.

47 English words in this record descend from Latin stringō, most familiar first.

• district ← districtus ← distringere
• stress ← destresse ← destrecier ← distringō
• strict ← strictus
• strain ← straynen ← estreindre
• restrict ← restrictus ← restringō
• restriction ← restriccioun ← restrictiō ← restringō
• prestige ← praestīgium ← praestringō
• strait ← streit ← estreit ← strictus
• constraint ← constreynt ← constreinte ← cōnstringō
• restrain ← restreinen ← restreindre ← rēstringō
• constrain ← constreinen ← constreindre ← cōnstringō
• constriction ← constrictio ← constringo

More words from stringō

• constrictor
• constrict
• vasoconstriction
• stricture
• constrictive
• ristretto
• stretto
• abstringe
• abstriction
• antistress
• astriction
• constringe
• constrainer
• constrainable
• constrainment
• coconstrain
• distrain
• distriction
• hyperconstriction
• hyperconstrict
• nanoconstriction
• obstriction
• overconstrain
• perstringe
• preconstriction
• restringe
• reconstrict
• reconstriction
• strigil
• strigilis
• striction
• strigment
• unconstrain
• unconstrict
• vasoconstrict

Etymograph / Latin stringō