estation
Old French
Alternative forms
- estacion
- estacioun
- stacion
- stacioun
- statiun
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin statiō, statiōnem.
Noun
estation f (oblique plural estations, nominative singular estation, nominative plural estations)
- garrison (permanent military outpost)
- pause; break (specifically, during a journey)
- (Christianity) visit to a church (etc.) for prayer
Descendants
- French: station
- → Dutch: station
- → Indonesian: stasiun
- → Romanian: stație
- → Turkish: istasyon
- → Dutch: station
- Norman: stâtion (Jersey)
- Anglo-Norman: estation
- → Middle English: stacioun, stasion, station, stacyon, stacion
- English: station
- → Hindi: स्टेशन/سٹیشن (sṭeśan)
- → Irish: stáisiún
- → Malay: stesen
- → Punjabi: ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ/سٹیشن (saṭēśan)
- → Scottish Gaelic: stèisean
- Scots: station
- English: station
- → Middle English: stacioun, stasion, station, stacyon, stacion
References
- estation on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Etymology and history of “station”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.