stab

stab · noun, verb¹

1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromstob“to prick, to prod, to push, to thrust”
2. Old Norse · derived fromstobbi
3. Middle English · derived fromstob
4. Middle English · derived fromstabbe“a stab”
5. English todaystab

First attested in Scottish English (compare Scots stob, stobbe, stabb (“a pointed stick or stake; a thrust with a pointed weapon”)), from Middle English stabbe (“a stab”), probably a variant of Middle English stob, stub, stubbe (“pointed stick, stake, thorn, stub, stump”), from Old Norse stobbi, stubbi, cognate with Old English stybb. Cognate with Middle Dutch stobbe. Supposed by some to derive from Scottish Gaelic stob (“to prick, to prod, to push, to thrust”); supposed by others to be from a Scots word.

stab · noun²

Clipping of stabilizer or stabiliser.

STAB · noun³

Acronym of same-type attack bonus.