From Latin stadium ( “ a measure of length, a race course ” ) (commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile; translated in early English Bibles by furlong ), from Ancient Greek στάδιον ( stádion , “ a measure of length, a running track ” ) , especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadium in length. The Greek word may literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from στάδιος ( stádios , “ firm, fixed ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European * steh₂- , whence also stand and Latin stare ). Doublet of stade , stadion , and estadio . Displaced native Old English spyrd .
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Borrowed from Latin stadium ( “ a measure of length, commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile, furlong; a race course ” ) , from Ancient Greek στάδιον ( stádion , “ a measure of length, a running track ” ) , especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadium in length. The Greek word may literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from στάδιος ( stádios , “ firm, fixed ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European * steh₂- .
From Dutch stadium ( “ stadium, life stage; stage, phase ” ) , from Latin stadium ( “ a measure of length, a race course ” ) , from Ancient Greek στάδιον ( stádion , “ a measure of length, a running track ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European * steh₂- . Doublet of stadion .
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στάδιον ( stádion ) .
From English stadium , from Latin stadium , from Ancient Greek στάδιον ( stádion ) , from στάδιος ( stádios ) , from Proto-Indo-European * steh₂- .
From Ancient Greek στάδιον ( stádion ) , via Latin stadium .
From Ancient Greek στάδιον ( stádion ) , via Latin stadium .
Learned borrowing from Latin stadium , borrowed from Ancient Greek στάδιον ( stádion ) . Doublet of stadion ( “ arena, stadium ” ) .
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