stem.
stem:
Meaning & usage
stem: the vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
stem: the main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems
stem: a vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music
Where this word comes from
From English stem, from Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).
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