Strung
/strʌŋ/noun
Past tense and past participle of string; stretched, threaded, or arranged in a line.
Did you know?Strung comes from the same ancient root as words for tightening and stretching, and that root helped shape a whole family of words about cords, chains, and even emotional tension.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*strengʰ-
“to draw tight, stiffen, or twist”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*strangiz
“thin cord or string”
Old English
English
streng
“cord, rope, or line”
Middle English
English
strengen
“to stretch tightly; to string”
Modern English
English
strung
“stretched, threaded, or put in a line”