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Where does “stedefast” come from?

stedefast (Middle English) comes from Old English stedefæst, from Proto-Germanic stadifastuz.

Ancestry of “stedefast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstedefæstfirmly fixed; rooted to one spot; secure;...
2Proto-Germanicstadifastuz—

Words derived from “stedefast”

  • steadfast
  • steadfastly
  • unsteadfast
  • unsteadfastness
  • unsteadfastly
Every word from Proto-Germanic stadifastuz →