Etymology

coconstrain

C3O1C3O1N1S1T1R1A1I1N1

Today it means: To constrain along with another Full definition →

English constrain ← Middle English constreinen ← Old French constreindre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Latincōn-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  11. Proto-Italic*stringō
  12. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  14. Proto-Italic*strengō
  15. Latinstringō
  16. Latincōnstringō
  17. Old Frenchconstreindre
  18. Middle Englishconstreinen
  19. Englishconstrain
  20. English todaycoconstrain

From co- + constrain.

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