Where does “stood” come from?

Stood comes from Middle English stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic stōdą, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-, meaning to stand or be stationary.

stood (English): simple past tense and past participle of stand

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of stand

Ancestry of “stood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishstod—
2Old Englishstōdenclosure for horses
3Proto-Germanicstōdąa herd of horses
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stood”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stōdą →Every word from Old English stōd →