Constriction
/kənˈstrɪk.ʃən/noun
The act or process of tightening, narrowing, or squeezing something closed.
Did you know?Constriction descends from Latin *constringere*, a verb built from *con-* (“together”) + *stringere* (“to draw tight, bind, compress”), the same root family that later gave English words tied to binding and strain.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*strengʰ-
“to draw tight, make firm”
Latin
Latin
stringere
“to draw tight, bind, compress”
Latin
Latin
constringere
“to bind tightly together, compress”
Late Latin
Latin
constrictio
“a tightening, constriction”
Old French
Old French
constriction
“tightening, compression”
Modern English
English
constriction
“the act or state of narrowing or squeezing closed”