Etymology

steed

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Today it means: A stallion, especially one used for riding. Full definition →

Middle English stede ← Old English stēda ← Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*stōdijō
  2. Old English · inherited fromstēda“stallion, stud”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromstede“steed”
  4. English todaysteed

Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), from Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).

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