Etymograph

English

stegnotic

Stegnotic comes from Ancient Greek στεγνός ‘costive’, from στέγω ‘to cover’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)teg-1‘to cover, roof’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστέγω2‘to cover’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστεγνός3stegnós‘costive’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστεγνωτικός3stegnōtikós
  5. Englishtodaystegnotic3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek στέγω
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek στεγνός
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English stegnotic

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)teg-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek στέγω‘to cover, roof’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστέγωWiktionary, Ancient Greek στεγνός‘to cover’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστεγνόςWiktionary, English stegnoticstegnós‘costive’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστεγνωτικόςWiktionary, English stegnoticstegnōtikós
  5. EnglishtodaystegnoticWiktionary, English stegnotic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- ‘to cover, roof’

detective, detect, tile, thug, sauna, toga, thatch, staccato, toque, 27 more

Today it means

adj antidiarrheic

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stegnotic”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek στέγω, Ancient Greek στεγνός. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- / stegnotic

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