Etymology

millstone

mill·stone
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Today it means: A large round stone used for grinding grain. Full definition →

Middle English mylneston ← Old English mylenstān
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millstone · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited frommylenstān“millstone”
  2. Middle English · inherited frommylneston
  3. English todaymillstone

From Middle English mylneston, milneston, from Old English mylenstān (“millstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu + *stain; equivalent to mill + stone; cognate with Danish møllesten, Middle Dutch molensteen (modern Dutch molensteen), West Frisian molestien, Norwegian Bokmål møllestein, Old Saxon mulinstēn (Middle Low German mȫlenstēn), Old High German mulinstein, mülstein (Middle High German mülstein, modern German Mühlstein).

Millstone · proper noun2

From millstone, mill + stone.

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