From Middle English stathe, from Old English steþ, stæþ, from Proto-Germanic *staþą, *staþaz, *staþwō. Cognate with Old Frisian sted, Middle High German stat (German Gestade), dialectal Norwegian stad, Icelandic stöð; akin to Old English stede. More at stead.
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