Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen. · A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus. · The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. · The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
Etymology tree Medieval Latin stylusbor. Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *stiglos? Latin stiluslbor. Old French estilebor. Middle English stile English style The noun is derived from Middle English stile (“writing tool; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression; demeanour; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”) (compare semantic development to по́черк (póčerk, “handwriting, style”)), from Old French estile, or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument; writing tool; composition; characteristic mode of expression; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”). Doublet of stylus. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates *Catalan estil (“engraving tool, stylus; gnomon; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace”) * German Stiel (“handle; stalk”) * Italian stilo (“needle, stylus; fountain pen; beam; gnomon; part of pistil, style”) * Occitan estil * Portuguese estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style”) * Spanish estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace; part of pistil, style”).
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- Inherited-form mentionstileenm · writing tool; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression; demeanour; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time
- Derivation mentionestilefro
- Derivation mentionstilusla · pointed instrument; writing tool; composition; characteristic mode of expression; stem of a plant
- Derivation mention*(s)teyg-ine-pro · to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad
- Doublet mentionstylusen
- Cognate mentionestilca · engraving tool, stylus; gnomon; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace
- Cognate mentionStielde · handle; stalk
- Cognate mentionstiloit · needle, stylus; fountain pen; beam; gnomon; part of pistil, style
- Cognate mentionestiloc
- Cognate mentionestilopt · writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style
- Cognate mentionestiloes · writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace; part of pistil, style
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"A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.",
"A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.",
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