Where does “staring” come from?

Staring descends from Middle English star, Old English stær, Proto-Germanic stiuriją, and Proto-Indo-European stere-, ultimately from the root sterh₁- meaning to spread or extend.

staring (English): present participle of stare; The act of one who...

Definitions

present participle of stare; The act of one who...

Ancestry of “staring”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	stare	To look fixedly; To influence in some way by...
2	Polish	stare	inflection of stary: ## neuter...
3	Polish	Stary	old
4	Old Polish	stary	old
5	Proto-Slavic	starъ	old
6	Proto-Balto-Slavic	staʔros	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	steh₂-ro-	large, big, thick; old
8	Proto-Indo-European	steh₂-	to stand

Words derived from “staring”

staringly

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