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English word stool comes from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-, Proto-Indo-European *stāl-, and later Proto-Germanic *stōlaz (Chair. Stool. Throne.)
*sth₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*stāl- (Proto-Indo-European)
frame, rack, stand
*stoh₂los (Proto-Indo-European)
*stōlaz (Proto-Germanic)
Chair. Stool. Throne.
stol (Old English)
Chair, seat.
stōl (Old English)
stol (Middle English)
stool (English)
(US, dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.. (archaic) A decoy.. (chiefly, medicine) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling: a shit.. (chiefly, medicine) Feces, excrement.. (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.. [...]