Where does “stony” come from?
Stony comes from Middle English stani, from Old English stāniġ, from Proto-Germanic stainagaz, from Proto-Germanic stainaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- meaning to stand or be firm.
stony (English): As hard as stone; Containing or made up of...
Definitions
- As hard as stone; Containing or made up of...
Ancestry of “stony”, step by step
stony traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Tony
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tony | Any of the statuettes awarded by the American... |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English Steve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Steve | Alternative form of STEVE. An atmospheric optical... |
| 2 | English | stevedore | A dockworker involved in loading and unloading... |
| 3 | Spanish | estibador | docker, dockworker, stevedore UK, longshoreman US, wharfie Australia |
| 4 | Spanish | -ador | Form of -dor attached to -ar verb stems. Forms ... |
| 5 | Spanish | -dor | Forms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |