Where does “stunt” come from?
stunt (Middle English) comes from Middle English stound, from Old English stund, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic stundō, from Proto-Indo-European stut-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
stunt (Middle English): Alternative form of stound: various spans of...
Definitions
- Alternative form of stound: various spans of...
Ancestry of “stunt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | stound | A while: a short span of time; Time, "especially"... |
| 2 | Old English | stund | time, while; a period of time, an hour;... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *stundu | period of time, hour |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stundō | mark, marker; point in time; period of time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | stut- | prop |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stā- | to stand, place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |