Etymograph

English

framestone

From frame + stone.

A compound of frame + stone

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward, leading to’

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Proto-Germanic *framjaną ‘to further, promote’

Proto-West Germanic *frammjan ‘to promote’

Old English fremman ‘to profit, avail, advance’

Middle English framen ‘to construct’

English frame

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

noun A solid calcareous or siliceous framework maintained by an organism such as a coral or sponge.

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

Etymograph / framestone