Where does “style” come from?

style (Middle French) comes from Latin stylus, from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

Ancestry of “style”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinstylusAlternative form of stilus
2LatinstilusA pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike; A...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- →Every word from Latin stilus →Every word from Latin stylus →