Meaning

noun a lightweight cord

noun stringed instruments that are played with a bow

noun a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

originFrom Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English strenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”). Cognate with Scots string (“string”), Dutch streng (“cord, strand”), Low German strenge (“strand, cord, rope”), German Strang (“strand, cord, rope”), Danish streng (“string”),…

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