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Where does “stout” come from?

stout (Middle English) comes from Old English stūt — gnat; midge.

Ancestry of “stout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstūtgnat; midge

Words derived from “stout”

  • stout
  • stoutness
  • stoutish
  • stouthearted
  • stoutheartedness
  • stoutheartedly
  • stouten
  • stout-heartedly
  • stouty
  • stát
Every word from Old English stūt →