Etymology

sandstone

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Today it means: A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc. Full definition →

Middle English sandston ← Old English *sandstān ← Proto-West Germanic *sandastain
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sandastain“sandstone, chisel, gravel”
  2. Old English · inherited from*sandstān
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsandston
  4. English todaysandstone

From Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish sandsten (“sandstone”), Icelandic sandsteinn (“sandstone”).

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