Etymology of the English word staff
the English word
staffderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*stabazDerivations in English
flagstaff,
forestaff,
quarterstaff,
staffer,
staffman,
understaffed,
pikestaff,
stavesDerivations in other languages
French
staffe, Portuguese
estafeCognates
Dutch
staf, German
Stab, Icelandic
stafur, Lithuanian
štabas, Polish
sztab, Russian
штaб, Swedish
stavUsage
Word found in Modern English
