steady

(Anglès)

Freqüència

B2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈstɛdi/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English stedy, studi, stidiȝ, perhaps continuing Old English stæþþiġ, ġestæþþiġ (“steadfast, stable, firm, staid”), equivalent to stead + -y; or calquing Middle Low German or Middle Dutch stēdig. Cognate with Saterland Frisian stoadig (“constant, continual”), West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, German stätig, stetig. Compare also Old English ġestedegian (“to bring to a standstill”). Sense 8 of the adjective is a semantic loan from Hokkien 在 (chāi, “steady, confident”).

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