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staircase.

A flight of stairs; a stairway.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/General-American

  1. A flight of stairs; a stairway.

  2. A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.

  3. A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair English case English staircase From stair + case.

verb/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/General-American

  1. To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps.

    transitive

  2. To increase one's share in a co-ownership.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair English case English staircase From stair + case.

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