Where does “Stadium” come from?

Stadium (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek στάδιον, from Ancient Greek στάδιος, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Stadium (Latin): stade (distance of 125 paces)

Definitions

  1. stade (distance of 125 paces)

Ancestry of “Stadium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekστάδιονA 600-foot track for footraces and the...
2Ancient Greekστάδιοςstanding fast and firm; firm, fixed, immobile;...
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “Stadium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Ancient Greek στάδιος →Every word from Ancient Greek στάδιον →
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