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stamin

Meaningmade of threads

Common meaning: a coarse woollen cloth

Journey through time

  1. Latinstamineus‘consisting of threads’source
  2. Old Frenchestaminesource
  3. Middle Englishstaminsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsconsisting of threads → a coarse woollen clothstamin‘a coarse woollen cloth’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin stamineus ‘made of threads’.

Roots

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