'Street' was borrowed from Latin 'strata' before English even existed — Germanic tribes naming Roman roads.
A public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides. Distinguished from 'road' by its urban connotation.
The word 'street' comes from Old English 'strǣt,' borrowed very early from Latin 'strāta' (short for 'via strāta,' meaning 'paved road'). The Latin word derives from 'sternere' (to spread, to pave), from PIE '*sterh₃-' (to spread out). This is one of the oldest Latin loanwords in the Germanic languages, borrowed during the period of Roman road-building across Europe, when Germanic peoples encountered paved roads for the first time and needed a word for this new technology. Key roots: strāta (Latin: "paved (feminine past participle of sternere)"), *sterh₃- (Proto-Indo-European: "to spread, to strew").