Where does “stower” come from?
stower (English) comes from English stow, from Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw, from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, from Proto-Germanic *stōō, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
stower (English): One who stows
Ancestry of “stower”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stow | A place, stead; To put something away in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | stowe | place |
| 3 | Old English | stōw | place, locality, site; place, location; a place,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stōu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *stōō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂w- | to set, place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |