Where does “stylus” come from?

stylus (Dutch) comes from Latin stylus, from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

stylus (Dutch): stylus sharp pen used for writing on clay tablets or wax tablets

Definitions

  1. stylus sharp pen used for writing on clay tablets or wax tablets

Ancestry of “stylus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinstylusAlternative form of stilus
2LatinstilusA pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike; A...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg-Every word from Latin stilusEvery word from Latin stylus
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