English
stagebound
From stage + bound.
Old French ester ‘to be standing, be located’
Old French estage ‘dwelling, position’
Middle English stage ‘the topmost story of a building’
English stage
Today it means
adj Restricted to the stage
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stagebound”. 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 / stagebound