stallum

Latin

Alternative forms

• staullum, stallus, stalla

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *stall (“stall, stable”). Alternatively from or a confluence with Latin stabulum (“dwelling, stall, stable”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstal.lum/, [ˈs̠t̪älːʲʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstal.lum/, [ˈst̪älːum]

Noun

stallum n (genitive stallī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) market stall
2. (Medieval Latin) stallage, dues paid for a market stall
3. (Medieval Latin) choirstall
4. (Medieval Latin) residence

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stallum	stalla
Genitive	stallī	stallōrum
Dative	stallō	stallīs
Accusative	stallum	stalla
Ablative	stallō	stallīs
Vocative	stallum	stalla

Derived terms

• stallagiarius
• stallamentum
• stallarius
• stallaticus
• stallō

 

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal:
  • Savoyard: tal (Haute-Savoie)
• Old French: (1040 CE) estal, estalle, estale, estaille
  • Bourguignon: etau
  • Middle French: estal, hestal, estail
    • French: étal
  • Lorrain: tō (Messin), ètau, eitau (Spinalien)
  • Norman: éta (Guernesiais, Jersiais), étâ (Pont-Audemer)
  • Orléanais: étau
  • Picard: ètâl (Athois), [Term?] (/⁠etɔ⁠/) (Gondecourt), [Term?] (/⁠etø⁠/) (Mesnil-Martinsart), [Term?] (/⁠etɔːw⁠/) (Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise)
  • Old Walloon: astalle (Liégeois)
    • Walloon: stå (Liégeois), ichtau (Namurois)
• Iberian:
  • Portuguese: estala (obsolete)
  • Old Spanish: estalo
    • Spanish: estalo, estala
• Italian: stallo, stalla
• Old Occitan: estaula
  • Catalan: estala
  • Occitan:
    • Provençal: estal, estau
    • Gascon: estalh (Béarn)
• ⇒ Medieval Latin: equus stallōnis (literally “stall horse”)
  • Old French: estalon, estaloun, estalun, astalun
    • Middle French: estalon, estalion, estallon, estellon
      • French: étalon
    • → Middle English: staloun, stalon, stalun, stalyone
      • English: stallion
  • Italian: stallone