Where does “stevel” come from?
stevel (Middle Low German) comes from Italian Stivale, from Italian stiva, from Italian stivare, from Latin stīpāre, from Latin stīpō, from Proto-Indo-European stīpos, from Proto-Indo-European steip-.
Ancestry of “stevel”, step by step
stevel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian Stivale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | Stivale | the boot of Italy; Italy |
| 2 | Italian | stiva | hold; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Italian | stivare | To stow or load |
| 4 | Latin | stīpāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | stīpō | to crowd or press together, compress |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stīpos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steip- | — |
via Old French estivel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | estivel | — |