Sty Definition
(UK, dialectal) A ladder.
Origin of Sty
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From Middle English sty, from Old English stÄ«, stiÄ¡ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall", chiefly in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *stijÄ…. Cognate with German Steige (“hen-coop"), Danish sti (“enclosure for swine, sheep, hens, etc."), Swedish stia (“sty for pigs, geese, etc."), Norwegian sti (“flock of sheep"), Icelandic stía (“a kennel").
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English stien, stiȝen, from Old English stÄ«Ä¡an (“to go; ascend, mount"), from Proto-Germanic *stÄ«ganÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *steygÊ°-. Cognate with Dutch stijgen, German steigen, Swedish stiga, Old Norse stíga.
From Wiktionary
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Probably a back-formation from styany, mistaken for "sty-on-eye" but correctly from Middle English styany, composed of styan ("sty"; from Old English stÄ«Ä¡ende, present participle of stÄ«gan (“to rise")) + y (“eye").
From Wiktionary
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Alteration of Middle English styanye styan sty (from Old English stīgend) (from present participle of stīgan to rise steigh- in Indo-European roots) eye, ye eye eye
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English stig
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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