English
stretchout
Deverbal from stretch out.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- ‘stiff, rigid’
Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan ‘to stretch, make taut’
Old English streċċan ‘to stretch, extend’
Middle English strecchen ‘to stretch out, extend’
English stretch
Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘upwards, away’
Proto-Germanic *ūt ‘out’
Proto-West Germanic *ūt ‘out’
Old English ūt ‘out’
Middle English out
English out
Today it means
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Etymograph / stretchout