Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stathe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stathe
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A landing-place; wharf.

Etymology

From Middle English stathe, from Old English steþ, stæþ (“bank, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *staþą, *staþaz, *staþwō (“bank, shore”). Cognate with Old Frisian sted (“bank, shore”), Middle High German stat (“bank, shore”) (German Gestade), dialectal Norwegian stad (“riverbank”), Icelandic stöð (“a harbour, roadstead, port, landing”); akin to Old English stede (“place”). More at stead.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: stathe, steþ, *staþą

Inflected Forms

stathes (plural) staith (alternative) staithe (alternative) steyth (alternative)

Rhymes With

bathe lathe swathe rathe spathe scathe saithe staithe enswathe flathe snathe beswathe

Questions

What does stathe mean?
A landing-place; wharf.
Where does stathe come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce stathe

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