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Where does “stordy” come from?

stordy (Middle English) comes from Proto-Indo-European stōr- — big, bulky.

stordy (Middle English): bold, valiant, strong, stern, fierce, rebellious

Definitions

  1. bold, valiant, strong, stern, fierce, rebellious

Ancestry of “stordy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstōr-big, bulky

Words derived from “stordy”

  • sturdy
  • sturdily
  • sturdiness
  • sturdied
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