English
stelled
Stelled comes from English stell ‘to set, place, fix’.
- English1500–presentstell‘to set, place, fix’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606stelled
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- English1500–presentstell‘to set, place, fix’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606stelled
Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of King Lear: “The sea , with such a storm as his…”
Every English word from English stell
Today it means
verb Firmly placed or fixed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English stell / stelled