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