English
stower
From stow + -er.
Formed from stow + -er
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand, place’
Proto-Germanic *stōōną ‘to stow, dam up’
Old English stōwian ‘to hold back, restrain’
Middle English stowen
English stow
Today it means
noun One who stows.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stower”. 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 / stower