Where does “stylet” come from?
stylet (French) comes from French style, from Middle French stile, from Old French estile, from Latin stylus, from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.
stylet (French): stiletto; stylus; stylet
Definitions
- stiletto; stylus; stylet
Ancestry of “stylet”, step by step
stylet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French style
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | style | style; fashion, trend, style; flair |
| 2 | Middle French | stile | style |
| 3 | Old French | estile | style; manner; fashion |
| 4 | Latin | stylus | Alternative form of stilus |
| 5 | Latin | stilus | A pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike; A... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teyg- | to be sharp; to sting |
via Middle French stilet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | stilet | stiletto |
| 2 | Italian | stiletto | stiletto, dagger; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | stilo | style; beam; needle, stylus |
| 4 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |