stade

Meaning

Noun

• Synonym of stadion: a former Greek unit of distance (variously 150–210m at different places and times).
• A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.
• A stage of progress
• Synonym of fathom.
• A chief town in an area or country.
• Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade.
• A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf.

Origin

• From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον, a 600-foot racetrack, a distance of 600 Greek feet. Cognate with French stade. stadium.
• From Spanish estado, from Latin status. estate, state, and status.
• From Dutch stad. stead.
• From German Stade, a town in Hanover.
• From Old English staed. Cognate with German Gestade.