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strong

/stˈɹɔːŋ/STRAWNG
/stˈɹɔŋ/STRAWNG

Meaningstrong, violent

Common meaning: powerful

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STARG‘to stretch tight’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 427, p. 745 · scan
  2. Old Englishstrang‘strong’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishstrongsource
  4. Englishstrong‘powerful’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English strang ‘strong, violent’.

Roots

  • strang Old English “strong”

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