Stall

Morpheme

Stall

Type

free base

Denotation

standing place, standstill, fixed position, stable

Etymology

(1) Middle English stall, stalle; Old English steall; (2) Middle English stallen; Old French estaller, estaler, estale, estal and Middle English stall, stalle; Old English steall; (3) Middle English -stallen; Old French -staller; Medieval Latin -stallāre, from stallum (all ultimately from same Proto-Germanic source *stallaz)

Evidence

choirstall, foodstall, forestall, forestalled, forestalling, forestalls, install, installation, installed, installing, installment, installs, reinstall, stall, stallage, stallager, stalled, staller, stalling, stallion, stalls, uninstalled

See Also

Stale