Etymology

bannerstone

B3A1N1N1E1R1S1T1O1N1E1

Today it means: A ceremonial artifact with centered holes in symmetrical stone. Full definition →

English stone ← Middle English ston ← Old English stān
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  3. Old Frenchbaniere
  4. Middle Englishbaner
  5. Englishbanner
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*steyh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*stóyh₂nos
  9. Proto-Germanic*stainaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*stain
  11. Old Englishstān
  12. Middle Englishston
  13. Englishstone
  14. English todaybannerstone

From banner + stone.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.