Etymology

estadio

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Today it means: A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously equivalent to about 185.2, 231.5, or 257.2 m depending on the number of leagues per equatorial degree. Full definition →

Portuguese estádio ← Latin stadium ← Ancient Greek στάδιον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστάδιον“stadium for footraces, stadion”
  2. Latin · derived fromstadium“stadium, Roman stade”
  3. Portuguese · borrowed fromestádio
  4. English todayestadio

From Portuguese estádio, from Latin stadium (“stadium, Roman stade”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “stadium for footraces, stadion”). Doublet of stade, stadium, and stadion.

Words from the same roots

Latinstadium all →

stadiumstade

Ancient Greekστάδιον all →

stadiumstadestadion

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.