Etymology

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Today it means: Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe. Full definition →

Latin stringēns, stringentem ← Proto-Indo-European *streyg-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*streyg-“to stroke, to shear, stiff”
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromstringēns, stringentem
  3. English todaystringent

Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*streyg- all →

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