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English word origin

Etymology of stud

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð. The phonetic developm

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding. · A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding. · A group of broodmares or other animals kept for breeding. · A group of locomotives

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð. The phonetic development is the same as in blood, flood, which unlike stud were not adapted orthographically.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob. · A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post. · A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed. · A cleat on a shoe.

verb

To set with studs; to furnish with studs. · To decorate as a stud does. · To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals. · To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.

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