Etymology

stressor

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Today it means: An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism. Full definition →

English stress ← Middle English destresse ← Old French destrecier
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  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. Latindistringō
  14. Old Frenchdestrecier
  15. Middle Englishdestresse
  16. Englishstress
  17. English todaystressor

From stress + -or.

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