strete
See also: stréte
Ido
Adverb
strete
- narrowly, tightly
Related terms
- streta
Middle English
Alternative forms
- streete, stret, strate, street, stræt
Etymology
Inherited from Old English strǣt, strēt, from Proto-Germanic *strātō, from Late Latin strāta (“paved road”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /streːt/, /strɛːt/
Noun
strete (plural stretes or strete or (Early ME) streten)
- A road or path connecting two settlements or other destinations.
- A street; a road or pathway within or as part of a settlement.
- A settlement; a conglomeration of habitations and shops.
- (figuratively) A choice or way of living; a doctrine.
- (rare) A hallway or passage within a structure or building.
- (rare) A porch or veranda; a covered deck.
Descendants
- English: street
- Scots: street, streit, stret
- → Breton: straed
- → Cornish: stret
- → Welsh: stryd
References
- “strẹ̄t(e (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-01.