Etymograph

English

stabiliment

Stabiliment comes from Latin stābilimentum ‘stay, support, stabiliment’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstābilimentum1‘stay, support, stabiliment’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1660stabiliment1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stabiliment
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1660, Jeremy Taylor, London: […] James Flesher: “For the Faith of a Chriſtian is not made…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstābilimentumWiktionary, English stabiliment‘stay, support, stabiliment’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1660stabilimentWiktionary, English stabiliment. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1660, Jeremy Taylor, London: […] James Flesher: “For the Faith of a Chriſtian is not made…”

Formed from stable + -ment

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Proto-Italic *staðlom ‘place’

Latin stabulum ‘stable, dwelling’

Anglo-Norman estable ‘stable’

Middle English stable ‘stable (building)’

English stable

Every English word from Latin stābilimentum

Today it means

noun The act of making firm

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stabiliment”. 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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