stall
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stɔːl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with French étal, Italian stallo, German Stall, Swedish stall.
Related words
sales booth
come to a stop
drag one’s feet
drag one’s heels
shillyshally
come to a halt
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