Etymology of the English word staircase
the English word
staircasederived from the English word
casederived from the French word
cassederived from the Latin word
capsa (box; cylindrical case, bookcase; receptacle for things)
derived from the Late Latin word
capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kap-derived from the Old Provençal word
cassaderived from the Latin word
cattiaderived from the Greek word
kuathion, κυάϑιον
derived from the Greek word
kuathos, κύαϑος
derived from the Greek word
kuathos, κύαϑος
derived from the English word
stairusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
stagederived from the Old French word
estagederived 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
istanaiderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*staigriderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*steigh-Usage
Word found in Modern English
