Where does “stealthful” come from?

stealthful (English) comes from English stealth, from Middle English stelthe, from Old English stǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic stēliþō.

stealthful (English): stealthy

Definitions

  1. stealthy

Ancestry of “stealthful”, step by step

stealthful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stealth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstealthThe attribute or characteristic of acting in...
2Middle Englishstelthe—
3Old Englishstǣlþ—
4Proto-Germanicstēliþō—

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful—

Words derived from “stealthful”

Every word from Proto-Germanic stēliþō →Every word from Old English stǣlþ →Every word from Middle English stelthe →