Etymology

stoneware

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Today it means: A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous. Full definition →

Middle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*steyh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*stóyh₂nos
  4. Proto-Germanic*stainaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*stain
  6. Old Englishstān
  7. Middle Englishston
  8. Englishstone
  9. Proto-Germanic*warō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  11. Old Englishwaru
  12. Middle Englishware
  13. English todaystoneware

From stone + -ware.

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