English
throughstonethroughstone
From through + stone.
A compound of through + stone
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to cross over, pass through’
Proto-Germanic *þurhw ‘through’
Old English þurh ‘through’
Middle English thurgh
English through
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
Today it means
noun A bondstone.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “throughstone”. 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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