Where does “styliform” come from?

styliform (English) comes from Latin stylus, from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

styliform (English): Having the form of, or resembling, a bristle,...

Definitions

  1. Having the form of, or resembling, a bristle,...

Ancestry of “styliform”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinstylusAlternative form of stilus
2LatinstilusA pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike; A...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg-Every word from Latin stilusEvery word from Latin stylus