stanch
English
/stɑːnt͡ʃ/, /stænt͡ʃ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To stop the flow of.
- (intransitive) To cease, as the flowing of blood.
- (transitive) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
- To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French estanchier (stanch) derived from Latin *stanticō, stō (stand, I stand, remain, stay, be situated, stand firm).
Origin
Latin
stō
Gloss
stand, I stand, remain, stay, be situated, stand firm
Concept
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Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stanchable English
- stancher English
- stancheth English
- stanchless English
- stanchly English
- stanchness English
- unstanchable English
- unstanchably English
- *estō Latin
- *stanticō Latin
- *stānticāre Latin
- absto Latin
- antesto Latin
- asto Latin
- circumsto Latin
- consto Latin
- disto Latin
- estō Latin
- exsto Latin
- insto Latin
- intersto Latin
- obsto Latin
- praesto Latin
- prosto Latin
- resto Latin
- stabilis Latin
- stabulum Latin
- stagnum Latin
- stamen Latin
- statim Latin
- stāns Latin
- stō Latin
- supersto Latin
- contrastare Italian
- étancher French
- estancamiento Spanish, Castilian
- estancar Spanish, Castilian
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- resto Portuguese
- estanchier Old French
- ester Old French
- stau Aromanian
- étar Franco-Provençal