Where does “stayed” come from?
Stayed comes from Middle English steyen, Old English stæġ, Proto-Germanic stagą, and Proto-Indo-European steh₂-, meaning to stand or be firm.
stayed (English): simple past tense and past participle of stay
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of stay
Ancestry of “stayed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stay | To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | stay | A stay |
| 3 | Old French | estaye | prop, support |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | staeye | a prop, stay |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | staede | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | stad | a site, place, location, standing |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |