Where does “étalonner” come from?

étalonner (French) comes from French étalon, from Old French estalon, from Frankish stallo, from Frankish stall, from Proto-Germanic stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European stelǝ-.

étalonner (French): to calibrate

Definitions

  1. to calibrate

Ancestry of “étalonner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétalonstallion; standard
2Old Frenchestalonstallion
3Frankishstallo—
4Frankishstallstall, position, place; stable; stall, stable
5Proto-Germanicstallazstanding, position, stall, stable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstelǝ-—

Words derived from “étalonner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stelǝ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stallaz →Every word from Frankish stall →