Etymology

stretching

stretch·ing
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Today it means: The act by which something is stretched. Full definition →

Middle English strecching
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stretching · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromstrecching
  2. English todaystretching

From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch + -ing.

stretching · adjective, verb2

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*strakkjandī
  2. Old English · inherited fromstreċċende
  3. Middle English · inherited fromstrecchinge
  4. English todaystretching

From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from Old English streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch + -ing.

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