Etymology of the English word stairway
the English word
stairwayderived from the English word
wayderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wegazderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wegh-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
