Etymology

pebblestone

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Today it means: A pebble. Full definition →

Middle English pibleston ← Old English papolstān
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  1. Old English · inherited frompapolstān
  2. Middle English · inherited frompibleston
  3. English todaypebblestone

From Middle English pibleston, from Old English papolstān; equivalent to pebble + stone.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishpapolstān all →

pebblePopplestone

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.