English
stretchproof
From stretch + -proof.
Formed from stretch + -proof
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
Today it means
adj Resistant to stretching.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / stretchproof