The story
- Latin · borrowed fromstrātum“a spread for a bed, coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster; a bed”
- English todaystratum
Borrowed from Latin strātum (“a spread for a bed, coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster; a bed”), neuter singular of strātus, perfect passive participle of sternō (“spread”). Doublet of estrade and street.
Words from the same roots
Latinstrātum all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.