Etymograph

English

stade

Stade comes from Ancient Greek στάδιον ‘A 600-foot track for footraces and the…’, from στάδιος ‘firm, fixed’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-1‘to stand’uncertain
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστάδιος1stádios‘firm, fixed’uncertain
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστάδιον2stádion‘A 600-foot track for footraces and the surrounding stadium’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstadium2
  5. Englishtodaystade2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek στάδιον
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English stade

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek στάδιον‘to stand’uncertain
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστάδιοςWiktionary, Ancient Greek στάδιονstádios‘firm, fixed’uncertain
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστάδιονWiktionary, English stadestádion‘A 600-foot track for footraces and the surrounding stadium’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstadiumWiktionary, English stade
  5. EnglishtodaystadeWiktionary, English stade

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

system, state, post, rest, stay, stand, distance, constitution, assistant, consistent, contest, stood, assistance, instance, assist, establishment, establish, testimony, stem, stable, resist, stability, destination, instant, substance, insist, persistent, destiny, distant, consist, prostitution, static, stud, prostitute, persist, stationary, substitution, stool, armistice, attest, 154 more

through Latin stadium

stadium, stadia, estadio

Another origin of stade

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatus‘standing’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentestado
  3. Englishtodaystade

From Spanish estado, from Latin status (‘standing’), in reference to it being roughly the height of a grown man.

Today it means

noun Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stade”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek στάδιον. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- / stade

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