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Where does “étanchéité” come from?

étanchéité (French) comes from French étanche, from Old French estanc, from Old French estanchier, from Vulgar Latin stanticare, from Latin stānticus, from Latin stāns, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.

étanchéité (French): watertightness; airtightness

Definitions

  1. watertightness; airtightness

Ancestry of “étanchéité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétanchewatertight; airtight; first-person singular...
2Old Frenchestancpond
3Old Frenchestanchierto staunch
4Vulgar Latinstanticareto make stagnant
5Latinstānticus—
6Latinstāns—
7Latinstō—
8Proto-Italicstaēōstand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
10Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →