staca

staca

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“a stake”), either via Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka) or Frankish *staka. See stake.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.ka/, [ˈs̠t̪äkä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.ka/, [ˈst̪äːkä]

Noun

staca f (genitive stacae); first declension[1]

1. (Medieval Latin) a stake

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	staca	stacae
Genitive	stacae	stacārum
Dative	stacae	stacīs
Accusative	stacam	stacās
Ablative	stacā	stacīs
Vocative	staca	stacae

Derived terms

• stacamentum
• stacata
• stacō

Descendants

• Old French: estache, estake, estage
  • Middle French: estache, estaque
    • French: estache, estaque
  • Norman: étac (Guernesiais)
  • → Middle English: stache, stage
• Iberian:
  • Aragonese: estaca
  • Old Portuguese: estaca
    • Galician: estaca
    • Portuguese: estaca
  • Spanish: estaca
• Italian: stacca
• Old Occitan: estaca
  • Catalan: estaca
  • Occitan: estaca

References

1. staca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stakô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.kɑ/

Noun

staca m

1. stake

Descendants

• Middle English: stake
  • English: stake
  • Scots: stak, staik