Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed. · A stable; a place for cattle. · A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale. · A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall. · To fatten. · To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell. · To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with French étal, Italian stallo, German Stall, Swedish stall.
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This page abbreviates 11 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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