English
restriction
Restriction comes from Latin restringō ‘to draw back tightly, bind back or fast, tighten’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘to twist’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strengʰ-‘to twist’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stréngʰetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*strengōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstringō‘press, tighten, compress’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErestringō‘to draw back tightly, bind back or fast, tighten’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CErestrictiō
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400restriction
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500restriccioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1835restriction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strengʰ-‘to twist’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stréngʰetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*strengōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstringō‘press, tighten, compress’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErestringō‘to draw back tightly, bind back or fast, tighten’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CErestrictiō
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400restriction
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500restriccioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1835restriction
Earliest quotation: 1835, Thomas Stephen, The Rise, Progress, and Gradual Improvement of the Laws of E: “In the year 1819, Sir Robert Peel brought in…”
Formed from restrict + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘to twist’
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Proto-Italic *strengō
Latin stringō ‘press, tighten, compress’
Latin restringō ‘draw back tightly’
Latin restrictus ‘restricted, restrained, bound tightly, having…’
English restrict
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘to twist’
strong, strength, string, 40 more
through Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti
through Proto-Italic *strengō
constraint, constrain, constrictor, constriction, constrict, 32 more
through Latin stringō ‘press, tighten, compress’
Today it means
noun The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- / restriction