Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stotter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stot-ter
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stagger; totter; stumble

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her."

Etymology

From Middle English stoteren (compare also participle Middle English staterand (“staggering; tottering; stumbling”)), a frequentative form of Middle English stoten (“to stumble”), related to Dutch stoten (“to push; bump; butt; stumble against”), German stoßen (“to push; butt; knock; bump”), Icelandic stauta (“to struggle through; pound; grind”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: stoteren, stoten

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

stotters (present, singular) stottering (participle, present) stottered (participle, past) stottered (past) stowter (alternative) stauter (alternative) stawter (alternative)

Questions

What does stotter mean?: To stagger; totter; stumble
Where does stotter come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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