Where does “unstaid” come from?
unstaid (English) comes from English staid, from English stayed, from English stay, from Middle English stay, from Old French estaye, from Middle Dutch staeye, from Middle Dutch staede, from Old Dutch stad.
unstaid (English): uncontrolled, unrestrained
Definitions
- uncontrolled, unrestrained
Ancestry of “unstaid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | staid | Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious,... |
| 2 | English | stayed | simple past tense and past participle of stay |
| 3 | English | stay | To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady; To... |
| 4 | Middle English | stay | A stay |
| 5 | Old French | estaye | prop, support |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | staeye | a prop, stay |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | staede | — |
| 8 | Old Dutch | stad | a site, place, location, standing |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
Words derived from “unstaid”