myEtymology.com: English etymology of inkstand

Etymology of the English word inkstand

the English word inkstand

derived from the English word ink

derived from the Old French word enque

derived from the Latin word encaustum

derived from the Greek word enkauston, ἔγκαυστον

derived from the Greek word enkaiein

using the Greek prefix en-, ἐν-

derived from the English word stand

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *sta-n-d-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-