Etymograph

English

stairbuilder

From stair + builder.

A compound of stair + builder

Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- ‘to walk, proceed, march, climb’

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Proto-Germanic *staigriz ‘stairs, scaffolding’

Proto-West Germanic *staigri

Old English stǣġer ‘stair, staircase’

Middle English steire ‘staircase, stairs’

English stair

Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan

Old English bytlan ‘to build’

Middle English bylden ‘to erect, build, or create’

Middle English byldere ‘a builder’

English builder

Today it means

noun A worker who constructs stairways.

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

Etymograph / stairbuilder