English
stulted
Stulted comes from Latin stultus ‘foolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to set, be stiff’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-1‘to set, be stiff’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stoltos1‘stupid’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstultus2‘foolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886stulted2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin stultus
- 2 Wiktionary, English stulted
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1886, Hubert Howe Bancroft: “But Herrera, who so far had followed him pretty…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-Wiktionary, Latin stultus‘to set, be stiff’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stoltosWiktionary, Latin stultus‘stupid’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstultusWiktionary, English stulted‘foolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886stultedWiktionary, English stulted. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1886, Hubert Howe Bancroft: “But Herrera, who so far had followed him pretty…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to set, be stiff’
local, allow, location, stole, install, locate, stall, lieu, stool, apostle, stalk, loco, stale, locus, locator, epistle, locative, stele, apostolate, stolid, stela, stell, 29 more
Today it means
verb Deprived of strength and vigor.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stulted”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin stultus. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *stel- / stulted