stallett
Maltese
/stalˈlɛt/
noun
Definitions
- dagger short sword
- stiletto knife intended for stabbing
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian stiletto derived from Latin stilus (stylus, pale, spike, act of setting down in writing, composition, stem of a plant, characteristic mode of expression, style, pointed instrument, stake, writing tool).
Origin
Latin
stilus
Gloss
stylus, pale, spike, act of setting down in writing, composition, stem of a plant, characteristic mode of expression, style, pointed instrument, stake, writing tool
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stiletto English
- stilus Finnish
- stilus Latin
- stylus Latin
- Stil German
- Stilett German
- stílus Hungarian
- stelo Italian
- stilettare Italian
- stiletto Italian
- stilo Italian
- stiletto Dutch, Flemish
- style French
- стиль Russian
- estilo Spanish, Castilian
- stiletto Spanish, Castilian
- *steyg- Proto-Indo-European
- stil Norwegian Bokmål
- estilo Portuguese
- stil Swedish
- styl Swedish
- stil Norwegian Nynorsk
- stíll Old Norse
- stil Danish
- estai Old French
- estile Old French
- estil Catalan, Valencian
- stil Old High German
- esteo Old Portuguese
- stilus Middle Low German