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English word distress comes from Latin dis-, Latin stringere, and later Old French destrecier (To distress (cause distress, anguish).)
dis- (Latin)
Asunder, apart, in two. Reversal, removal. Utterly, exceedingly.
stringere (Latin)
distringere (Latin)
*districtiare (Malayalam)
destrecier (Old French)
To distress (cause distress, anguish).
distress (English)
(Cause of) discomfort.. (legal) A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.. (legal) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.. Serious danger. (legal) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.. To cause strain or anxiety to someone.. To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.