Etymology

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9870). Full definition →

Old English fin ← Middle English stal
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromstede
  2. Old English · derived fromsteall
  3. Middle English · derived fromsted
  4. Middle English · derived fromstal
  5. Old English · derived fromfin
  6. English todayFinstall

Vinstal-stude, 1295, Vinestallstede 1368. A place with a shed for heaping wood, in preparation for making salt. Related to Medieval Latin finstallum. From Old English fin and Middle English stal, plus Middle English sted. (See also Old English steall, plus Old English stede).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsteall all →

stall

Old Englishstede all →

steadArmisteadsteadingabbeystead

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