Proto-Indo-European

*(s)treg-

‘rigid, stiff’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, most familiar first.

• straight ← streight ← strecchen ← streċċan ← *strakkjan
• stretch ← strecchen ← streċċan ← *strakkjan
• stretching ← strecchinge ← streċċende ← *strakkjandī ← *strakkjan
• strenuous ← strenuus
• straught ← streahte ← streċċan ← *strakkjan ← *strak
• strenuity ← strenuitas ← strēnuus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-