straat.
street, paved way
Meaning & usage
street, paved way
channel, strait
straight
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch strâte, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), from Latin strāta, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”). The geographical sense “strait” is a phono-semantic matching of Middle English streit, from Old French estreit, from Latin strictus. Compare German Straße. The poker sense “straight” is a phono-semantic matching of English straight. Compare German Straße.
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