Where does “stowage” come from?
Stowage comes from Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -aticum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- meaning "to stand" combined with the suffix -kos and -eh₂tos.
stowage (English): The act or practice of stowing; A place where...
Definitions
- The act or practice of stowing; A place where...
Ancestry of “stowage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stow | A place, stead; To put something away in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | stowe | place |
| 3 | Old English | stōw | place, locality, site; place, location; a place,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stōu | a place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *stōō | a place, location, site |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂w- | to set, place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |