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Where does “stagestruckness” come from?

stagestruckness (English) comes from English stagestruck, from English stage, from French stage, from Old French estation, from Latin statiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

stagestruckness (English): The state or quality of being stagestruck

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being stagestruck

Ancestry of “stagestruckness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstagestruckEnamored of the theatre, the craft of acting or...
2EnglishstageA phase; A platform; a surface, generally...
3Frenchstageinternship, job that a trainee is doing in a...
4Old Frenchestationgarrison; pause; break; visit to a church for...
5Latinstatiō—
6Latin-tiō—
7Latindissertātiō—
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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