Proto-Indo-European

*stréngʰeti

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

44 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti, most familiar first.

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

More words from *stréngʰeti

• 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
• strigil
• strigilis
• striction
• strigment
• unconstrain
• unconstrict
• vasoconstrict

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti