Etymology

constrainment

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Today it means: Synonym of constraint. 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. 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. Englishconstrain
  17. English todayconstrainment

From constrain + -ment.

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