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sto.

to stand

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈstoː]Classical-Latin[ˈstɔː]

  1. to stand

    conjugation-1 · impersonal

  2. to stay, remain

    conjugation-1 · impersonal

  3. to cost, to be set at, stand at (e.g., a price)

    conjugation-1 · impersonal

  4. to be

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-1 · impersonal

  5. to be

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-1 · impersonal

  6. to live

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-1 · impersonal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō From Proto-Italic *staēō, from earlier *staējō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-éh₁-ye-ti, stative verb from *steh₂-. Cognate with Sanskrit तिष्ठति (tíṣṭhati) (root स्था (sthā)), Persian ایستا (istâ, “standing; stopping”), Old Norse standa, Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Bulgarian стоя (stoja), Old English standan (whence English stand). By its appearance through Latin sound laws, this stative verb, against all others of this class in the 2nd conjugation, belongs to the 1st conjugation. The perfect and supine stems are shared with sistō, the corresponding athematic verb from the same Indo-European root.

verb[ˈstoː]Classical-Latin[ˈstɔː]

  1. to steal

    Latin · archaic · conjugation-1
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *(s)tāō (“must steal”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂y-, see also Hittite [script needed] (tāyezzi), [script needed] (tāyazzi, “to steal”), Old Irish táid (“thief”), Sanskrit तायु (tāyú, “thief”), Avestan 𐬙𐬁𐬫𐬎 (tāyu, “thief”), Ancient Greek τητάω (tētáō, “to deprive”), τηΰσιος (tēǘsios, “deceptive, (in) vain”) (Doric τᾱΰσιος (tāǘsios)). Failed to survive for its homonymy with the ordinary verb for “stand" (see Etymology 1 above).

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