strong

Meanings

Adjective

Adverb

  • In a strong manner.

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  • ultra-strong

Origin

  • From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang, from Proto-Germanic *strangaz ("tight, strict, straight, strong"), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ("taut, stiff, tight"). Cognate with Scots strang ("strong"), Saterland Frisian strang, West Frisian string ("austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough"), Dutch streng ("strict, severe, tight"), German streng ("strict, severe, austere"), Swedish sträng, strang, Norwegian strang ("strong, harsh, bitter"), Norwegian streng ("strong, hard"), Icelandic strangur ("strict"), Latin stringō ("tighten").

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