astringo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I draw close, bind or tie together; tighten, contract
- I check, repress, restrain
- I put under obligation, oblige, necessitate
Etymology
Affix from Latin stringō (tighten, press, I press, draw tight, I tighten, tie together, compress).
Origin
Latin
stringō
Gloss
tighten, press, I press, draw tight, I tighten, tie together, compress
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- circumstringo Latin
- distringo Latin
- instringo Latin
- restringo Latin
- strigmentum Latin
- stringō Latin
- *strenk- Proto-Indo-European
- destresse Middle English
- shtrëngoj Albanian
- stringu Aromanian