Where does “stool” come from?

Stool comes from Old English stōl, from Proto-Germanic stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-, meaning "to stand," the same root that produced Latin stolo.

stool (English): A seat, especially for one person and without...

Definitions

  1. A seat, especially for one person and without...

Ancestry of “stool”, step by step

stool traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English stool

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishstool—
2Old Englishstōlchair, seat, throne
3Proto-West Germanic*stōlstool, chair
4Proto-Germanicstōlazstool; throne; chair
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstoh₂losframe, rack, stand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Latin stolō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstolōa shoot, branch, or twig springing from the root or stock of a tree; a sucker, knee
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “stool”

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