verb/ʁe.tʁe.siʁ/
to shrink; to narrow
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- French re- 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 French rétrécir From re- + étrécir (“to narrow”).