staca

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

staca f (genitive stacae); first declension

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 Galician-Portuguese: estaca
    • Galician: estaca
    • Portuguese: estaca
  • Spanish: estaca
• Italian: stacca
• Old Occitan: estaca
  • Catalan: estaca
  • Occitan: estaca

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stakô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.kɑ/

Noun

staca m

1. stake

Declension

Declension of staca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	staca	stacan
accusative	stacan	stacan
genitive	stacan	stacena
dative	stacan	stacum

Descendants

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