English

ragstone

From rag + stone.

A compound of rag + stone

Proto-Germanic *rawwa-

Old Norse rǫgg ‘tuft’

Old English ragg

Middle English ragge ‘rag, cloth scrap’

English rag

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 Stone that is quarried in thin pieces.

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

Etymograph / ragstone