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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
Appendix I Indo-European Roots |
| ENTRY: | stel- |
| DEFINITION: | To put, stand; with derivatives referring to a standing object or place. Derivatives include apostle, stallion, pedestal, stilt, and stout. I. Basic form *stel-. 1. Suffixed form *stel-ni-. still1, from Old English stille, quiet, fixed, from Germanic *stilli-. 2. Suffixed form *stel-yo-. apostle, diastole, epistle, peristalsis, systaltic, from Greek stellein, to put in order, prepare, send, make compact (with o-grade and zero-grade forms stol- and stal-). II. O-grade form *stol-. 1. Suffixed form *stol-no-. a. stall1; forestall, from Old English steall, standing place, stable; b. stale1; installment1, from Old French estal, place; c. stallion, from Anglo-Norman estaloun, stallion; d. pedestal, from Old Italian stallo, stall; e. install, from Medieval Latin stallum, stall; f. gestalt, from Old High German stellen, to set, place, from Germanic denominative *stalljan. a–f all from Germanic *stalla-. 2. Suffixed form *stol-  n-. stolon, from Latin stol, branch, shoot. 3. Suffixed form *stol-ido-. stolid, from Latin stolidus, “firm-standing,” stupid. 4. Suffixed form *stol- -. a. stalk1, from Old English stalu, upright piece, stalk, from Germanic *stal; b. stole1, from Greek stol , garment, array, equipment. III. Zero-grade form *st  -. 1. Suffixed form *st-to-. stultify, from Latin stultus, foolish (< “unmovable, uneducated”). 2. Suffixed zero-grade form *st-no-. stull, stollen, from Old High German stollo, post, support, from Germanic *stulln-. 3. Suffixed zero-grade form *stal-n-. stele, from Greek stl, pillar. IV. Extended form *steld-. a. stilt, from Middle English stilte, crutch, stilt, from a source akin to Low German and Flemish stilte, stick, from Germanic *stiltj n-; b. zero-grade form *std-. stout, from Old French estout, stout, from Germanic *stult-, “walking on stilts,” strutting. (Pokorny 3. stel- 1019.) |
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