English

stablehand

From stable + hand.

A compound of stable + hand

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Proto-Italic *staðlom ‘place’

Latin stabulum ‘stable, dwelling’

Anglo-Norman estable ‘stable’

Middle English stable ‘stable (building)’

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Today it means

noun A person who works in a stable.

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

Etymograph / stablehand