Where does “stelă” come from?

stelă (Romanian) comes from French stèle, from Ancient Greek στήλη, from Proto-Indo-European stl̥-neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

stelă (Romanian): stele

Definitions

  1. stele

Ancestry of “stelă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstèlestele
2Ancient Greekστήληblock of stone used as a prop or buttress to a...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstl̥-neh₂—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stl̥-neh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek στήλη →