The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*streb(h)-“to wind, turn, twist”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστρεπτός“twisted”
- English todaystrepto-
From Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós, “twisted”) from στρέφειν (stréphein, “to twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *streb(h)- (“to wind, turn, twist”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekστρεπτός all →
streptococcus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.