Strata
/ˈstrɑː.tə/noun
Plural of stratum; layers or levels arranged one above another.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin stratum, meaning a spread-out covering or paved road, from sternere, “to spread out,” which is also behind English words like ‘strew’ and ‘street.’
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*stere-
“to spread, stretch out”
Latin
Latin
sternere
“to spread out, lay flat”
Latin
Latin
stratum
“a spread-out covering; a paved road; a layer”
Late Latin
Latin
strata
“layers; paved roads”
Middle English
English
strata
“layers or beds, especially of rock”
Modern English
English
strata
“plural of stratum; layers or levels arranged one above another”