stride
English
/stɹaɪd/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To walk with long steps.
- To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
- To pass over at a step; to step over.
- To straddle; to bestride.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English striden inherited from Old English strīdan (get by force, stride, pillage, rob) derived from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną (endeavour, stand tall, withstand, take long steps).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*strīdaną
Gloss
endeavour, stand tall, withstand, take long steps
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astride English
- bestride English
- interstride English
- midstride English
- outstride English
- overstride English
- striddle English
- strided English
- strider English
- stridest English
- strideth English
- striding English
- umstrid English
- stritto Latin
- abstreiten German
- bestreiten German
- erstreiten German
- streiten German
- streitig German
- bestrijden Dutch, Flemish
- ontstrijden Dutch, Flemish
- strijdbaar Dutch, Flemish
- strijden Dutch, Flemish
- strijder Dutch, Flemish
- strijdkracht Dutch, Flemish
- strijdlust Dutch, Flemish
- strijdster Dutch, Flemish
- *strey- Proto-Indo-European
- *strīdandz Proto-Germanic
- *strīdaną Proto-Germanic
- bestridan Old English
- stridan Old English
- strīdan Old English
- bestriden Middle English
- striden Middle English
- strydyng Middle English
- umstridden Middle English
- stríða Old Norse
- striden Middle Dutch
- strītan Old High German
- streiden Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- strīdan Old Dutch
- strîden Middle Low German
- stridan Old Saxon
- strīdan Old Saxon
- *strīban, *striban Frankish
- striden Low German
- strieden Low German
- stridj North Frisian