Etymology

store

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Today it means: A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept. Full definition →

Middle English store ← Anglo-Norman stor ← Latin īnstaurāre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂u-ro-
  7. Proto-Italic*stauros
  8. Latin*staurō
  9. Latinīnstaurō
  10. Latinīnstaurāre
  11. Anglo-Normanstor
  12. Middle Englishstore
  13. English todaystore

Inherited from Middle English store, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stor, from Latin īnstaurāre, from īnstaurō + -āre.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishstore all →

stour

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