| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | streb(h)- |
| DEFINITION: | To wind, turn. European root. 1. strepto-, strop, strophe, strophoid, strophulus; anastrophe, apostrophe1, boustrophedon, catastrophe, diastrophism, from Greek strephein, to wind, turn, twist, with o-grade derivatives stroph , a turning, and strophion, headband. 2. Unaspirated o-grade form *strob-. strobilus; stroboscope, from Greek strobos, a whirling, whirlwind. 3. Unaspirated zero-grade form *st b-. strabismus, strabotomy, from Greek strabos, squinting. (In Pokorny 1. (s)ter- 1022.) |
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