The story
- Latin · derived fromcōnstringō
- Old French · derived fromconstreinte
- Middle English · inherited fromconstreynt
- English todayconstraint
From Middle English constreynt, constreynte, from Old French constreinte, past participle of constreindre (“to constrain”), from Latin cōnstringō (corresponding to the past participle cōnstrictus).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.