Etymology

sten

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Today it means: The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts. Full definition →

North Germanic Sten ← Danish Sten ← Swedish Sten
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Sten · noun1

Acronym of Shepherd, Turpin, Enfield. From the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield.

Sten · proper noun2

  1. Norwegian · borrowed fromSten
  2. Swedish · borrowed fromSten
  3. Danish · borrowed fromSten
  4. North Germanic · borrowed fromSten
  5. English todaySten

From North Germanic (Danish Sten, Swedish Sten, Norwegian Sten).

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