Where does “etalon” come from?

etalon (English) comes from French étalon, from Old French estalon, from Frankish stallo, from Frankish stall, from Proto-Germanic stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European stelǝ-.

etalon (English): An optical device containing parallel mirrors,...

Definitions

  1. An optical device containing parallel mirrors,...

Ancestry of “etalon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétalonstallion; standard
2Old Frenchestalonstallion
3Frankishstallo—
4Frankishstallstall, position, place; stable; stall, stable
5Proto-Germanicstallazstanding, position, stall, stable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstelǝ-—

Words derived from “etalon”

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