Etymology

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Today it means: Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former. Full definition →

Middle English strongere ← Old English strongra ← Proto-Germanic *strangizô
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*strangaz“strong”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*strangizô“*stronger”
  3. Old English · inherited fromstrongra
  4. Middle English · inherited fromstrongere
  5. English todaystronger

From Middle English strongere, strengere (“stronger”), from Old English strongra, strengra (“stronger”), from Proto-Germanic *strangizô (“*stronger”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“strong”), equivalent to strong + -er. More at strong.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*strangaz all →

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