Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc. · No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated. · Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time. · Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption. · To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption. · To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age. · To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“fixed position, place”), but probably originally from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): compare West Flemish stel in the same sense for ‘beer’ and ‘urine’.
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