stad

stad · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*stéh₂tis“standing, position”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stadiz“place”
3. Old Dutch · derived fromstad
4. Middle Dutch · derived fromstat
5. Dutch · borrowed fromstad“city, town”
6. English todaystad

From Afrikaans and Dutch stad (“city, town”), from Middle Dutch stat, from Old Dutch stad, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, position”). Doublet of stead.

Stad · proper noun²

1. Norwegian · borrowed fromStad
2. English todayStad

Borrowed from Norwegian Stad.

Words from the same roots