English

geostress

From geo- + stress.

Formed from geo- + stress

Proto-Hellenic *gaya

Ancient Greek γῆ ‘earth’

English geo-

Latin stringō ‘to draw tight together’

Latin distringō ‘to stretch out, apart’

Old French destrecier ‘to distress’

Middle English destresse

Today it means

noun geologic stress

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / geostress