Reconstruction:Latin/strinctus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From strictus, with the nasal imported from the present stringō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˈtrɪnktʊs/

Participle

*strinctus (feminine *strincta, neuter *strinctum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Romance)

1. tightened, compressed

Descendants

• → Albanian: shtrenjtë (“expensive”)
• Aromanian: strimtu, strãmtu
• Friulian: strent
• Istriot: strento
• Old Italian: strinto, strinta
• Ladin: strent
• Megleno-Romanian: strimt
• Neapolitan: strinto
• Old French: estreint
  • French: étreint
• Romanian: strâmt
• Sardinian: istrintu, strintu
• Venetian: strento, strent