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stallion

/sˈtæljən/STAL-yuhn
/sˈtæljən/STAL-yuhn

Meaninga stalion for mares

Common meaning: adult male horse used for breeding

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 Frenchestalon‘a stalion for mares’source
  3. Middle Englishstalonsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa stalion for mares → adult male horse used for breedingstallion‘adult male horse used for breeding’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old French estalon ‘a stalion for mares’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry STALLION, p. 590 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • estalon Old French “a stalion for mares”

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