store English · revision 2634

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1264|origins=la īnstaurāre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /stɔː/, US /stɔːr/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The verb is [[inh|enm|storen|t=to supply, stock]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) an aphetic form [[bor|fro|estorer|t=to build, furnish, restore]],^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) from [[la|īnstaurāre|t=to set up, renew, restore]], in Medieval Latin also “to provide, store”,^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) from [[m|la|in-]] and -staurāre, from a base related to Greek staurós “pole, stake”,^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*stā-|t=to stand]].^(AHD 2000)^(Etymonline) The noun is Middle English stor, from Old French estor, from estorer.^(AHD 2000)^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[restore]].^(Etymonline)^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The verb, “to supply or stock” a town or castle: 1264.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) The noun, supplies or provisions: probably before 1300, in ''Arthour and Merlin'',^(Barnhart 1988) or 1297.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle English the verb could also mean “to build” and “to restore”.^(Etymonline) The noun meant livestock from about 1300 (now obsolete) and a sufficient or abundant supply from 1471;^(OED 1989) ''in store'' is from the same period.^(Hoad 1986) “To put away for future use” is from the 1550s,^(Etymonline) first in Shakespeare according to Barnhart (1600).^(Barnhart 1988) A place where supplies were kept is from the 1660s, and a place where goods are kept for sale is from 1721, in American English;^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) British English prefers [[shop]].^(Etymonline) In computing, “to keep data in memory” is from 1909.^(OED 1989) ''Storage'' is from 1612.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1264 – verb, to supply, stock.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1297 – noun, supplies.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1471 – an abundant supply.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1550s – to keep for future use.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1612 – ''storage''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1660s – a storehouse.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1721 – a shop (American English).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1909 – to store data.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A place where goods are sold; a [[shop]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A supply kept for future use; a [[stock]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(plural)'' Supplies, especially of food, clothing or arms.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # A place where goods are kept; a [[warehouse]].^(AHD)

+ # A large quantity; an abundance: ''a store of knowledge''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To keep for future use.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # To supply or stock.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(computing)'' To keep data in a [[memory]] or storage device.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[storable]]

+ * [[storer]]

+ * [[overstore]]

+ * [[restore]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[storage]]

+ * [[storehouse]]

+ * [[storekeeper]]

+ * [[instauration]]

+ * [[stand]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In American English ''store'' is the usual word for a place selling goods, where British English prefers ''shop'', and a store was originally a larger place of deposit as well as of sale.^(Etymonline) In west Somerset ''store'' also meant a story or scandal.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}