Etymology

constrictor

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Today it means: A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ. Full definition →

English constrict ← Latin cōnstrictus ← New Latin cōnstrictor
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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. New Latincōnstrictor
  15. Latincōnstringō
  16. Latincōnstrictus
  17. Englishconstrict
  18. English todayconstrictor

Borrowed from New Latin cōnstrictor, or from constrict + -or.

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