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Where does “onstage” come from?

I need to work through this chain carefully, but I notice there's a significant problem: the chain provided doesn't actually support a coherent etymology for "onstage." The chain shows: - English on - Japanese 音読み (on'yomi - a reading method) - Japanese 音 (on - sound) - Proto-Indo-European wen- (to desire/strive) - Latin sto (to stand) - Proto-Indo-European steh₂- (to stand) - Latin ex (out of) - Latin ex (repeated) This chain is internally inconsistent and doesn't lead to "onstage" in English. The Japanese terms wouldn't etymologically connect to an English word formed from "on" (the English preposition) + "stage." Additionally, the Proto-Indo-European and Latin elements don't form a logical progression to either English "on" or

onstage (English): On the part of a stage that is visible to the...

Definitions

  1. On the part of a stage that is visible to the...

Ancestry of “onstage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstageA phase; A platform; a surface, generally...
2Frenchstageinternship, job that a trainee is doing in a...
3Old Frenchestationgarrison; pause; break; visit to a church for...
4Latinstatiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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