Where does “nonstooping” come from?
nonstooping (English) comes from English stooping, from English stoop, from Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian, from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic stūpōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewb-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.
nonstooping (English): Not requiring the user to stoop; applied to a bricklayer's scaffold that rises in height to match the wall as it is built
Definitions
- Not requiring the user to stoop; applied to a bricklayer's scaffold that rises in height to match the wall as it is built
Ancestry of “nonstooping”, step by step
nonstooping traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stooping
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stooping | Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting;... |
| 2 | English | stoop | The staircase and landing or porch leading to the... |
| 3 | Middle English | stoupen | To bend over; to stoop or hunch |
| 4 | Old English | stūpian | to stoop, bend the back, slope; to bow, bend |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *stūpōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stūpōną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |