stell

Meanings

1. To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
2. To portray; delineate; display.

1. A place; station.
2. A stall; a fold for cattle.
3. A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.
4. A still.

1. A surname.

1. A diminutive of the female given name Stella.

Etymology

From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan (“to give a place to, set, place”), from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (“to put, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with Dutch stellen (“to set, put”), dated Low German stellen (“to put, place, fix”), German stellen (“to set, place, provide”), Old English steall (“position, place”). More at stall.