English

jadestone

From jade + stone.

A compound of jade + stone

Latin ilia ‘flank’

Spanish piedra de ijada ‘flank stone’

French le jade

English jade

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 Synonym of jade (“semiprecious stone”).

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

Etymograph / jadestone