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English word origin

Etymology of stade

From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), a 600-foot racetrack, a distance of 600 Greek feet. Cognate with French stade. Doublet of stadium, stadion, and estadio.

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Source etymology 1

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noun

Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”). · A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium. · in a journey. · of a disease.

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From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), a 600-foot racetrack, a distance of 600 Greek feet. Cognate with French stade. Doublet of stadium, stadion, and estadio.

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Source etymology 2

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noun

A unit of length notionally based on the height of a grown man, equivalent to a fathom. · Synonym of estadio: a traditional Spanish unit of measure equivalent to about 1.67 m.

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From Spanish estado, from Latin status (“standing”), in reference to it being roughly the height of a grown man. Doublet of estate, state, status, and estado.

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Source etymology 3

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noun

A chief town in an area or country.

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From Dutch stad. Doublet of stead.

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Source etymology 4

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noun

Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade.

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From German Stade, a town in Hanover.

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Source etymology 5

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noun

A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf.

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From Old English staed. Cognate with German Gestade (“shore”).

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