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stirrup

/sˈtɜːəp/STUR-uhp
/sˈtɝəp/STUR-uhp

Meaningrope for mounting

Common meaning: foot support hanging from a saddle

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STIGH‘stride, to climb’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 429, p. 745 · scan
  2. Old Englishstigrap‘rope for mounting’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsrope for mounting → foot support on a saddlestirop‘foot support on a saddle’source
  4. Englishstirrup‘foot support hanging from a saddle’ · 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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English stigrap ‘rope for mounting’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry STIRRUP, p. 520 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • stigrap Old English “rope for mounting”

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