Etymology

stablemate

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Today it means: One (such as a racehorse) from the same stable. Full definition →

English mate ← Middle English mate ← Middle Low German mate
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The story

  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. Englishstable
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  11. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  12. Proto-Germanic*matjô
  13. Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
  14. Old Saxongimato
  15. Middle Low Germanmate
  16. Middle Englishmate
  17. Englishmate
  18. English todaystablemate

From stable + -mate.

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