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Where does “stedi” come from?

stedi (Middle English) comes from Old English stæþþiġ, from Old English stæþ, from Proto-Germanic staþaz.

Ancestry of “stedi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstæþþiġ—
2Old Englishstæþstead, bank; bank, shore
3Proto-Germanicstaþaz—

Words derived from “stedi”

  • steady
  • steadily
  • unsteady
  • steadiness
  • unsteadily
  • unsteadiness
  • Steadicam
  • nonsteady
  • rocksteady
  • steady-handed
  • steady-handedness
Every word from Proto-Germanic staþaz →