English
stone-paste
From stone + paste.
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
Ancient Greek πάσσω ‘to sprinkle’
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Ancient Greek παστά
Late Latin pasta
Old French paste ‘dough’
Middle English paste ‘dough for the making of bread or pastry’
English paste
Today it means
noun A mixture of clay and frit used to create ceramics.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stone-paste”. 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 / stone-paste