Proto-Indo-European

*stel-

‘to put, to place’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *stel-.

53 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *stel-, most familiar first.

• local ← locālis ← locus ← stlocus ← *stlokos
• allow ← allowen ← alouer ← aloer ← allocō
• location ← locatio ← locare ← locus ← stlocus
• stole ← stola ← στολή ← στέλλω
• install ← installen ← installer ← īnstallō ← stallum
• locate ← locātus ← locō ← locus ← stlocus
• allowance ← allouance ← alouance ← alouer ← aloer
• stall ← steall ← *stallaz
• locality ← localité ← local ← locālis ← locus
• stool ← stolo
• apostle ← apostolus ← ἀπόστολος ← ἀποστέλλω ← στέλλω
• stalk ← stalke ← *stealc ← *staluk ← *stalukaz

More words from *stel-

• lieu
• stale
• allocate
• loco
• locus
• locator
• locale
• milieu
• epistle
• stele
• apostolate
• locative
• stela
• stell
• collocation
• stolid
• stilling
• stull
• peristalsis
• stollen
• etalon
• stola
• stolon
• accouchement
• accoucheur
• accoucheuse
• accouche
• allocatur
• couché
• couchee
• constult
• locellate
• loculament
• stultify
• stulp
• stulty
• stulm
• stelography
• stelai
• stulted
• systaltic

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stel-