Etymology

preconstriction

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Today it means: constriction prior to some other process Full definition →

English constriction ← Late Latin cōnstrictiō ← Latin cōnstringō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  11. Proto-Italic*kom
  12. Proto-Italic*kom-
  13. Latincōn-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  16. Proto-Italic*stringō
  17. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  19. Proto-Italic*strengō
  20. Latinstringō
  21. Latincōnstringō
  22. Late Latincōnstrictiō
  23. Englishconstriction
  24. English todaypreconstriction

From pre- + constriction.

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