Etymology

stemware

stem·ware
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Today it means: Drinking glasses that have a stem, such as wine glasses or champagne flutes. Full definition →

Middle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru
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  1. Englishstem
  2. Proto-Germanic*warō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  4. Old Englishwaru
  5. Middle Englishware
  6. English todaystemware

From stem + -ware.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.