English
Stetson
Stetson comes from Middle English Stidewardesdoune.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Stidewardesdoune
- Englishearliest quotation 1886Stetson
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Stidewardesdoune
- Englishearliest quotation 1886Stetson
Earliest quotation: 1886, Knights of Labor: “There is probably not a citizen in the United…”
A compound of *Stīthweardes + tūn ‘farmstead estate’
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to last’
Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós ‘lasting, durable’
Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘stronghold, rampart’
Proto-Germanic *tūną ‘enclosure’
Proto-West Germanic *tūn ‘fence’
Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’
first attested Sol Steinmetz stated in 2010 that Stetson hat was first attested in 1900, but this is clearly mistaken, being several decades too late; it may be that what Steinmetz had meant to write is that Stetson alone as a common noun meaning a Stetson hat was first attested in 1900 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
A variant of Stitson, a habitational name from Stidston (‘site in the Parish of South Brent’), from Middle English Stidewardesdoune, Stidewardeston, Stitewardeston, Styddeston, from Old English *Stīthweardes (genitive of *Stīthweard (personal name)) + tūn (‘farmstead estate’).
Every English word from Middle English Stidewardesdoune
Today it means
name A male given name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Stidewardesdoune / Stetson