English
styletiform
From stylet + -iform.
Formed from stylet + -iform
Latin stilus ‘a stake, pale, spike’
Italian stilo ‘needle, stylus’
Italian stiletto ‘stiletto, dagger’
Middle French stilet ‘stiletto’
French stylet ‘stiletto’
English stylet
Today it means
adj Shaped like a stylet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / styletiform