Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
stee
IPA
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ladder.

British usage; Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English stee, ste, sty, stie, sti, stegh, stiȝe (“ladder”), from Old Norse stegi, stigi (“ladder, step, steep ascent”), from Proto-Germanic *stigiz (“an ascent, climb”). Cognate with Old English stiġe (“ascent or descent”), German Stiege (“staircase”). See stair, sty, stile.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: stee, stegi, *stigiz

Usage

Inflected Forms

stees (plural)

Questions

What does stee mean?
A ladder.
Where does stee come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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