Where does “stadium” come from?

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

stadium (Swedish): a stage, a phase (delimited part of something that happens)

Definitions

  1. a stage, a phase (delimited part of something that happens)

Ancestry of “stadium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinStadiumstade (distance of 125 paces)
2Ancient GreekστάδιονA 600-foot track for footraces and the...
3Ancient Greekστάδιοςstanding fast and firm; firm, fixed, immobile;...
4Proto-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 →