Where does “standard” come from?

Standard comes from Old French estandart, from Frankish standhard, from Proto-Germanic harduz meaning firm or hard, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- meaning to stand.

standard (English): Falling within an accepted range of size, amount,...

Definitions

  1. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount,...

Ancestry of “standard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishstandardA standard; a flag identifying a military unit
2Old Frenchestandartstandard
3Frankishstandhardstand hard
4Proto-Germanicharduzhard; brave
5Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
6Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

Words derived from “standard”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →