English
honestone
From hone + stone.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- ‘to sharpen’
Proto-Germanic *hainō ‘whetstone’
Old English hān ‘a projecting stone that forms part of a boundary’
Middle English hon ‘whetstone’
English hone
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 whetstone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / honestone