myEtymology.com: English etymology of downstairs

Etymology of the English word downstairs

the English word downstairs

derived from the English word stair

using the English suffix -er

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-arjaz

using the Latin suffix -arius (-ar)

derived from the English word stage

derived from the Old French word estage

derived from the New Latin word staticus (static)

derived from the Latin word status (appointed; position, situation, condition)

derived from the Latin word stare (to stand; stand, stand still, stand firm)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-

derived from the Greek word statikos, στατικός

derived from the Greek word statos, στατός

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-

derived from the Greek word istanai

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *staigri

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steigh-

using the English suffix -s

derived from the English word down

derived from the English word a-

derived from the English word down