古英語のstigel, step, ladderから。原語ゲルマン語の*stig, to climb, to ascend, PIE *steigh, to climb, to ascendが語源で、語源的にはstair, stirrupと同じ。
英語の語源
stile
stile: [OE] A stile is etymologically something you ‘climb’. The word goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *stig- ‘climb’ (source also of English stair, stirrup, etc, and of German steigen ‘climb, rise’). => stair, stirrup
stile (n.)
Old English stigel, stile "device for climbing, ladder," related to stigen "to climb," from Proto-Germanic *stig- "to climb" (see stair). An arrangement to allow persons to pass but not sheep and cattle.
例文
1. Vaulting the stile ，he headd diagonally across the paddock.
寝返りを打ってフェンスを飛び越えると、彼はフェンスを斜めに通り抜ける方向に歩いて行った。
＜dl>＜dt＞2.At the far end of the meadow two slates in the wall，which at this point replaced the hedge，indicated a stile .