Word Origin Summary

Stage is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. stāreLatinderived from
2. stōLatininherited from
3. stageMiddle Englishinherited from
4. esterFrenchderived from
5. estageFrenchderived from
6. *stāticumVulgar Latininherited from
7. *statiōVulgar Latininherited from
8. estōVulgar Latininherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• esteyds

  Cebuano · derived from

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