Stead

Morpheme

Stead

Type

free base

Denotation

place, position, standing, firmness, stability, fixity

Etymology

Middle English sted, stede, steden; Old English stede

Evidence

bedstead, bestead, farmstead, homestead, instead, stead, steaded, steadfast, steadied, steadier, steadies, steadiest, steadily, steadiness, steading, steads, steady, steadying, unsteadily, unsteadiness, unsteady

Doublet

Stad

See Also

Stad, Stade