Etymograph

English

studdery

From stud + -ery.

Formed from stud + -ery

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand, set’

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Proto-Germanic *stōdą ‘a herd of horses’

Proto-West Germanic *stōd

Old English stōd

Middle English stood

English stud

Today it means

noun A collection of breeding horses and mares.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “studdery”. 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 / studdery