Etymology

restringe

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Today it means: To confine; to contract; to stringe. Full definition →

Latin rēstringō
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromrēstringō“to tighten, to restrain”
  2. English todayrestringe

Borrowed from Latin rēstringō (“to tighten, to restrain”).

Words from the same roots

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restriction

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