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Etymology · Proto-Indo-European

*steygʰ-

4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-, most common first.

stairA single step in a staircase.
styA pen or enclosure for swine.
acrosticA poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
stightto found; establish; set