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Where does “stage” come from?

Stage comes from Middle English stage, from Old French estage, derived from the Old French suffix -age attached to Latin sto, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-, with the prefix ex from Latin.

stage (English): A phase; A platform; a surface, generally...

Definitions

  1. A phase; A platform; a surface, generally...

Ancestry of “stage”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stage”

  • onstage
  • backstage
  • offstage
  • stagecoach
  • multistage
  • upstage
  • downstage
  • stager
  • substage
  • stagey
  • stagehand
  • stagy
  • endstage
  • frontstage
  • interstage
  • restage
  • downstaging
  • staginess
  • mainstage
  • stagelike
  • stagestruck
  • centerstage
  • stagewise
  • unstageable
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