Where does “adder stone” come from?
adder stone (English) comes from English adder, from English add, from Middle English adden, from Latin addō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
adder stone (English): A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with...
Definitions
- A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with...
Ancestry of “adder stone”, step by step
adder stone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adder | Any snake; A name loosely applied to various... |
| 2 | English | add | To join or unite so as to increase the number,... |
| 3 | Middle English | adden | to join or unite (something with something else); to add |
| 4 | Latin | addō | to add |
| 5 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 7 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English Stone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Stone | for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from |
| 2 | Middle English | ston | Alternative form of stone |
| 3 | Old English | stān | stone, rock |
| 4 | Old Norse | Veggr | name of a dwarf |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wajjuz | wall |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wh̥₁yús | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |