English word stress comes from Proto-Indo-European *streng-
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *streng- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | stiff, tight |
| stringere | Latin (lat) | |
| destresse | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| stress | English (en) | (Scotland, legal) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.. (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.. (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.. (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.. (countable, physics) The [...] |