Etymology

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Middle English stod ← Old English stōd ← Proto-Germanic *stōþ
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stōþ
  2. Old English · inherited fromstōd
  3. Middle English · inherited fromstod
  4. English todaystood

From Middle English stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōþ, *stōd-, past tense of *standaną (“to stand”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstōd all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.