Where does “stile” come from?
Style comes from Middle English stele, from Latin stilus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ-, which referred to piercing or marking with a pointed instrument.
stile (English): A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or...
Definitions
- A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or...
Ancestry of “stile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | stile | stile; A rung or bar of a ladder; A stylus, pen,... |
| 2 | Old English | stiġel | stile, set of steps for getting over a fence |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *stigilu | — |
Words derived from “stile”