English word stand comes from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-, and later Proto-Germanic *standaną (To stand.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *sth₂- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *sth₂-n-t-´ | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *stéh₂-t- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *standaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To stand. |
| standan | Old English (ang) | To stand. |
| standen | Middle English (enm) | To stand. |
| stand | English (en) | (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.. (cricket) A partnership.. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.. (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.. [...] |