Etymograph

English

roundstone

From round + stone.

A compound of round + stone

Old Northern French rount

Middle English round ‘spherical, round’

English round

Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’

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Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Proto-West Germanic *stain

Old English stān

Middle English ston ‘a stone’

English stone

Today it means

noun Small stones used for paving.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “roundstone”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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