distringo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I stretch out or apart
- I detain
- I distract
Etymology
Affix from Latin stringō (tighten, press, I press, draw tight, I tighten, tie together, compress) root from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (line, stroke, shear, strip, brush, strike, rub, press, cord, stiff, rigid, rope, tight).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*streyg-
Gloss
line, stroke, shear, strip, brush, strike, rub, press, cord, stiff, rigid, rope, tight
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
線
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adstringere Latin
- astringo Latin
- circumstringo Latin
- constrictus Latin
- constringo Latin
- districtivus Latin
- distringere Latin
- distringō Latin
- instringo Latin
- restrictus Latin
- restringo Latin
- strictus Latin
- strigmentum Latin
- strigosus Latin
- stringentem, stringens Latin
- stringo Latin
- stringō Latin
- στρίγξ Ancient Greek
- *(s)ter- Proto-Indo-European
- *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *strenk- Proto-Indo-European
- *streyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *straikaz Proto-Germanic
- *strikiz Proto-Germanic
- *strikkiz Proto-Germanic
- *strīkaną Proto-Germanic
- destresse Middle English
- *striťi Proto-Slavic
- stric Old High German
- shtrëngoj Albanian
- stringu Aromanian
- *strig-jā, *strigjā Proto-Italic