stathe

English

Alternative forms

• staith, staithe
• staith, steyth (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪð

Noun

stathe (plural stathes)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A landing-place; wharf.

Anagrams

• hatest, thetas