Etymology

stricture

stric·ture
S1T1R1I1C3T1U1R1E1

Today it means: A rule restricting behaviour or action. Full definition →

Late Latin strictūra ← Latin strictus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromstrictus
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromstrictūra
  3. English todaystricture

Borrowed from Late Latin strictūra, from Latin strictus.

Words from the same roots

Latinstrictus all →

stressstrictstrait

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.