The story
- Old English · inherited fromstan“stone”
- English todayStanstead
From Old English stan (“stone”) + stede (“place”), meaning "stony place".
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstan all →
stoneStanleyStanfordpebbleStauntonstanhopeStonehamStansfieldStatonStowellStanmoreAxtonstandenstaneStanburyStanbridgeStanwixStandlakeStandonStanionStanworthStofordstyen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.