Wordwyrt

stipple

Meaninga point

Common meaning: to draw or engrave with dots

Journey through time

  1. Dutchstip‘a point’source
  2. Dutchmeaning shiftsa point → to specklestippelen‘to speckle’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto speckle → to draw or engrave with dotsstipple‘to draw or engrave with dots’ · 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 Dutch stip ‘a point’.

Roots

  • stip Dutch “a point”

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