Etymograph

English

steading

Steading comes from Middle English steding ‘place, farm’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500steding1‘place, farm’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1902steading1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English steading
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1902, John Buchan: “She never seemed to want for siller; the house…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stedingWiktionary, English steading‘place, farm’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1902steadingWiktionary, English steading. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1902, John Buchan: “She never seemed to want for siller; the house…”

Every English word from Middle English steding

Today it means

noun A farmhouse and outer buildings such as barns, stables, cattle-sheds, etc.; a farmstead; a homestead, an onstead, an estate.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “steading”. 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.

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