Where does “estanyol” come from?
estanyol (Catalan) comes from Catalan estany, from Catalan estanc, from Catalan estancar, from Italian stanco, from German Stanze, from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin stantia, from Latin stāns.
estanyol (Catalan): a small pond
Definitions
- a small pond
Ancestry of “estanyol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | estany | tin; pond |
| 2 | Catalan | estanc | newsagent |
| 3 | Catalan | estancar | to hold up, block, halt |
| 4 | Italian | stanco | tired; bored; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | German | Stanze | ottava rima |
| 6 | Italian | stanza | room; stanza |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | stantia | standing, stopping-place; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Latin | stāns | standing |
| 9 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |