Where does “storage” come from?
Storage comes from Middle English store, Old French -age, and Proto-Indo-European steh₂-, ultimately from the root stā- meaning "to stand," with the suffix -eh₂tos forming a noun denoting a place or condition of standing and keeping.
storage (English): The act of storing goods; the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of storing goods; the state of being...
Ancestry of “storage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | store | A place where items may be accumulated or... |
| 2 | Middle English | store | supplies, provisions; livestock, farm animals;... |
| 3 | Old French | estor | battle; combat |
| 4 | Frankish | sturm | storm, commotion, battle; storm |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sturmaz | storm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)twer- | to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn... |