Etymograph

English

tinstone

From tin + stone.

A compound of tin + stone

Proto-Germanic *tiną ‘tin (metal)’

Proto-West Germanic *tin ‘tin (metal)’

Old English tin

Middle English tin

English tin

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 The mineral cassiterite.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tinstone”. 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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