The story
- Old English · inherited fromstān“stone”
- Northern Middle English · inherited fromstan
- English todaystane
From Northern Middle English stan, stane, from Old English stān (“stone”). More at stone.
Words from the same roots
Northern Middle Englishstan all →
steanstyen
Old Englishstān all →
stoneStanleyStanfordpebbleStauntonstanhopeStonehamStansfieldStatonStowellStanmoreStansteadAxtonstandenStanburyStanbridgeStanwixStandlakeStandonStanionStanworthStofordstyen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.