Where does “style” come from?

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

Ancestry of “style”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinstilusA pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike; A...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

Words derived from “style”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- →Every word from Latin stilus →
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