Etymology of the English word instead
the English word
insteadderived from the English word
steadderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*stadisderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-derived from the English word
phrasederived from the Latin word
phrasisderived from the Greek word
phrasis, φράσις, ϕράσις
derived from the Greek word
phrazein, φράζω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhren-derived from the English word
inderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*enDate
The earliest known usage of instead in English dates from the 13th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
