verb/e.tʁe.siʁ/
to make narrow
Synonyms: rétrécir
Related: étrécissement, rétrécir
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *strigtós Proto-Italic *strigtos Latin strictus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -iō Vulgar Latin *strictiāre Old French estrecier French étrécir From Old French estrecier, from Vulgar Latin *strictiāre, from Latin strictus (“narrow”).