English

Stonegate

From stone + gate.

A compound of stone + gate

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

Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’

Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’

Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’

Middle English gate ‘gate’

English gate

Today it means

name A village in Ticehurst parish, Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6628).

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

Etymograph / Stonegate