Where does “Etalon” come from?

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

Etalon (German): standard something used as a measure for comparative evaluations

Definitions

  1. standard something used as a measure for comparative evaluations

Ancestry of “Etalon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétalonstallion; standard
2Old Frenchestalonstallion
3Frankishstallo—
4Frankishstallstall, position, place; stable; stall, stable
5Proto-Germanicstallazstanding, position, stall, stable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstelǝ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stelǝ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stallaz →Every word from Frankish stall →
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