Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Without motion. · Up to a time, as in the preceding time. · To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs. · Nevertheless.
Not moving; calm. · Not effervescing; not sparkling. · Uttering no sound; silent. · Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
A period of calm or silence. · A photograph, as opposed to movie footage. · A single frame from a film. · A resident of the Falkland Islands.
From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, silent, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall. (noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).
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- Root classification mention*(s)telH-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionstilleenm
- Inherited-form mentionstilleang
- Inherited-form mention*stillīgmw-pro
- Derivation mention*(s)telH-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionstilsco
- Cognate mentionstilstq
- Cognate mentionstilfy
- Cognate mentionstilnl
- Cognate mentionstillnds
- Cognate mentionstillde
- Cognate mentionstillasv
- Cognate mentionstillturis
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