Etymology

standee

stand·ee
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Today it means: Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus. Full definition →

English stand ← Middle English stonden ← Old English standan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*standaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*standan
  4. Old Englishstandan
  5. Middle Englishstonden
  6. Englishstand
  7. English todaystandee

From stand + -ee.

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