The story
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
- Proto-Italic*stiglos?
- Latinstilu
- Italianstilo
- Italianstiletto
- Middle Frenchstilet
- Frenchstylet
- Middle Frenchstile
- Frenchstyle
- Frenchstylet
- English todaystylet
From French stylet (“stiletto”), from Middle French stilet (“stiletto”), from Old Italian stiletto. Doublet of stiletto and stilet. By surface analysis, style + -et.
Words from the same roots
Italianstiletto all →
stiletto
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.