strete
Middle English
/streːt/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- (figurative) 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English strǣt (a street, high road, a road, a town-road, a paved road, road) inherited from *strātu (street) derived from Latin strāta (paved road, a paved road).
Origin
Latin
strāta
Gloss
paved road, a paved road
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- (via) strāta Latin
- (via) strāta, strāta Latin
- strāta Latin
- strātus Latin
- strada Italian
- straat Dutch, Flemish
- *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- lagustræt Old English
- stræt Old English
- strǣt Old English
- streete Middle English
- stræti Old Norse
- strato Esperanto
- stryd Welsh
- strāza Old High German
- *strātu gmw-pro
- strata Old Dutch
- strāta Old Dutch
- estrada Old Portuguese
- strata Old Saxon
- strāta Old Saxon
- straa Occitan
- strada Romansh
- strade Friulian
- estrada Old Occitan
- strete Old Frisian
- strēte Old Frisian
- estrada Old Spanish
- strata Sicilian
- ܐܣܛܪܛ Classical Syriac
- strade Tarantino