Where does “étançonner” come from?
étançonner (French) comes from French étançon, from Old French estance, from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin stantia, from Latin stāns, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.
étançonner (French): to prop up or shore up
Definitions
- to prop up or shore up
Ancestry of “étançonner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | étançon | stanchion |
| 2 | Old French | estance | stay; sojourn; situation; predicament |
| 3 | Italian | stanza | room; stanza |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | stantia | standing, stopping-place; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Latin | stāns | standing |
| 6 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |