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stall

/sˈtɔːl/STAWL
/sˈtɔl/STAWL

Meaninga standing place

Common meaning: a booth

Other meanings: a place for an animal

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STAR or STAL‘be firm, also set, place’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 426, p. 745 · scan
  2. Old Englishsteall‘a station’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishstalsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa station → a boothstall‘a booth’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English steall ‘a standing place’.

Roots

  • steall Old English “a standing place”

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