constrain

The story

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

From Middle English constreinen, from Old French constreindre, from Latin cōnstringō, from cōn- (“with, together”) + stringō (“to draw, bind or tie tight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).

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