stile
English
/staɪl/
noun
Definitions
- A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
- A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stile inherited from Old English stiġel (stile, set of steps for getting over a fence) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stigilō (overpass, entry, stile, entrance, device for climbing) suffix from English sty (climb, ascend).
Origin
English
sty
Gloss
climb, ascend
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hogsty English
- pigsty English
- steward English
- stirrup English
- sty English
- styful English
- style English
- stylike English
- swinesty English
- turn English
- turnstile English
- turnstiled English
- deurstijl Dutch, Flemish
- leefstijl Dutch, Flemish
- levensstijl Dutch, Flemish
- middenstijl Dutch, Flemish
- naamwoordstijl Dutch, Flemish
- slaoliestijl Dutch, Flemish
- stijl Dutch, Flemish
- stijlfiguur Dutch, Flemish
- stijlmiddel Dutch, Flemish
- stijlvol Dutch, Flemish
- telegramstijl Dutch, Flemish
- *stigilō Proto-Germanic
- stiġel Old English
- stile Middle English
- sty Middle English
- style Middle English
- style Old French
- stijl Middle Dutch