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Strict

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means demanding that rules or standards be closely followed, with no exceptions
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Stage 1 of 2
stringere
Latin · ancient
"to draw tight, to bind"
to draw tight, to bind, with irregular past participle strictus
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Stage 2 of 2
strict
English · 1400s
"demanding that rules or standards be strictly followed"
settled as the English word for demanding that rules be strictly followed
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