English distress

← Middle English distressen (inherited)

← Middle English distresse (inherited)

← French détresse (cognate)

← Old French destrecier (derived)

← Old French destrece (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (root)

← Latin *districtiare (mention)

← Latin distringere (derived)

← Latin dis- (mention)

← Latin stringere (mention)

← Latin distringere (derived)

→ English distressful (suffix)

→ English distresseth (suffix)

→ English distressest (suffix)

→ English distresser (suffix)

→ Portuguese coitar (link)