Etymograph

English

stonepit

From stone + pit.

A compound of stone + pit

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

Latin puteus ‘trench, pit, well’

Proto-West Germanic *puti ‘well (water)’

Old English pytt ‘well, pool’

Middle English pit

English pit

Today it means

noun A quarry.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stonepit”. 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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