Etymograph

English

stembark

From stem + bark.

A compound of stem + bark

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

Proto-Germanic *stamniz ‘stem, tree stalk’

Proto-West Germanic *stamni

Old English stemn

Middle English stem

English stem

Proto-West Germanic *berkan ‘to bark’

Old English beorcan ‘to bark’

Middle English barken

English bark

Today it means

noun The bark from the stem of a woody plant.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stembark”. 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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