Where does “stile” come from?

stile (English) comes from Middle English stile, from Old English stiġel, from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu — a device used for climbing (over); stile.

stile (English): A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or...

Definitions

  1. A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or...

Ancestry of “stile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishstilestile; A rung or bar of a ladder; A stylus, pen,...
2Old Englishstiġelstile, set of steps for getting over a fence
3Proto-West Germanic*stigilua device used for climbing (over); stile

Words derived from “stile”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu →Every word from Old English stiġel →Every word from Middle English stile →