English

Millstone

From millstone, mill + stone.

A compound of mill + stone

Latin molō ‘to grind’

Late Latin molīna ‘mill’

Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu ‘mill’

Old English mylen

Middle English mylne ‘mill’

English mill

Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’

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Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Proto-West Germanic *stain

Old English stān

Middle English ston ‘a stone’

English stone

Today it means

name A nuclear power station near Waterford, Connecticut, USA.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Millstone