Proto-Indo-European
*strengʰ-
‘to twist’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-.
56 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-, most familiar first.
- strong ← strang ← *strang ← *strangaz
- district ← districtus ← distringere ← stringo ← *strengō
- strength ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu ← *strang
- stress ← destresse ← destrecier ← distringō ← stringō
- stronger ← strongere ← strongra ← *strangizô ← *strangaz
- strongly ← strongliche ← stranglīċe ← strang ← *strang
- string ← strenġ ← *strangi ← *strangiz
- strict ← strictus ← stringō ← *strengō ← *stréngʰeti
- strain ← straynen ← estreindre ← stringō ← *strengō
- strongest ← strongeste ← strongesta ← *strangistô ← *strangaz
- strengthen ← strengthenen ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu
- restrict ← restrictus ← restringō ← stringō ← *strengō
More words from *strengʰ-
- restriction
- prestige
- strait
- stronghold
- constraint
- restrain
- constrain
- constriction
- constrictor
- constrict
- vasoconstriction
- constrictive
- ristretto
- abstringe
- antistress
- astriction
- constringe
- constrainer
- constrainable
- constrainment
- coconstrain
- distrain
- distriction
- hyperconstriction
- hyperconstrict
- nanoconstriction
- obstriction
- overconstrain
- perstringe
- preconstriction
- restringe
- reconstrict
- reconstriction
- strongyla
- strigil
- strangury
- strongyle
- strongness
- strigilis
- striction
- strigment
- unconstrain
- unconstrict
- vasoconstrict
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-