Etymology

stable

sta·ble
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Today it means: A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. Full definition →

Middle English stable ← Anglo-Norman stable ← Latin stab(u)lum
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stable · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂dʰlóm
  3. Proto-Italic*staðlom
  4. Latinstab(u)lum
  5. Anglo-Normanstable
  6. Middle Englishstable
  7. English todaystable

Inherited from Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, from Latin stab(u)lum. From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, from Latin stab(u)lum.

stable · adjective2

  1. Latin · derived fromstabilis“firm, steadfast”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromstable
  3. Middle English · inherited fromstable
  4. English todaystable

From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)). Displaced native Old English staþolfæst.

Words from the same roots

Latinstabilis all →

stabile

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