Where does “stole” come from?
Stole comes from Latin stolo, derived from Proto-Indo-European stel-, which developed through Ancient Greek στέλλω meaning to set or place, forming the noun στολή for a garment or equipment.
stole (English): simple past tense of steal; past participle of...
Definitions
- simple past tense of steal; past participle of...
Ancestry of “stole”, step by step
stole traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English stole
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | stole | — |
| 2 | Latin | stola | stola, a long gown or dress worn by women as a... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στολή | equipment; robe |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στέλλω | I make ready, prepare; I furnish, dress; I... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Latin stolō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | stolō | a shoot, branch, or twig springing from the root or stock of a tree; a sucker, knee |