Stallion
/ˈstæl.jən/noun
An uncastrated male horse.
Did you know?The word entered English through Anglo-French and likely traces back to a Latin root meaning a standing place or stable, showing how animal names can grow out of ordinary human spaces.
Etymological Timeline
Late Old English / Anglo-French
AF
estalun / estalon
“a male horse kept for breeding”
Late Latin
LL
stallo
“a stallion or breeding horse”
Latin
LA
stallum
“a stand, stall, or standing place”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*stallaz
“a standing place, stall”
Modern English
EN
stallion
“an uncastrated male horse”