stance English · revision 13217

− It is probably [[bor|frm|stance|t=resting place, harbour]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Italian [[m|it|stanza|t=stopping place, station]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stāns, stantis, present participle of stāre, to stand (see [[stand]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE *sta-, to stand.^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[stanza]].^(Barnhart 1988) Merriam-Webster derives it instead from Middle French estance, position (see [[stanchion]]).^(MWU 2024)