Sealth
/stɛlθ/noun
An obsolete or dialectal form of “stealth,” meaning secretive or concealed action.
Did you know?Stealth originally grew from the same Germanic word family as “steal,” linking concealment with the act of taking something secretly.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*stel-
“To put or take away; a reconstructed root associated with stealth and stealing”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*stelþō
“Theft, furtive action, or stealth”
Old English
Old English
stǣlþ
“Stealth; secret or furtive behavior”
Middle English
Middle English
stelthe
“Stealth or concealment”
16th–17th Century
English
sealth
“An obsolete or dialectal spelling variant of “stealth””
Modern English
English
stealth
“Secretive movement or concealment”