stratum

noun

a subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling

an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

people having the same social, economic, or educational status

one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

Roots

sternostrat- · Latin · spread, throw down

Synonyms for stratum

layern understratum leveln superstratumn underlayerv stratificationn substratumn classn tiern

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Where does stratum come from?

The word stratum breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root strat-, from Latin sterno (“spread, throw down”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.