The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστερεός“solid”
- French · borrowed fromstère
- English todaystere
From French stère, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), because the unit was used for solid commodities such as firewood.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekστερεός all →
stereo-stericsterication
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.