stare
English
/stɛəɹ/, /stɛə(ɹ)/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To look fixedly (at something).
- (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
- (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
- (intransitive) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English staren inherited from Old English starian (stare) inherited from Proto-Germanic *starjaną (be rigid, be fixed) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *stere-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*stere-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astare English
- down English
- outstare English
- overstare English
- staredown English
- staree English
- starer English
- starest English
- stareth English
- stareworthy English
- starey English
- stary English
- upstare English
- Starrsinn German
- erstarren German
- hinstarren German
- niederstarren German
- starr German
- starren German
- starrköpfig German
- aanstaren Dutch, Flemish
- staren Dutch, Flemish
- *stere- Proto-Indo-European
- *starjaną Proto-Germanic
- starian Old English
- staren Middle English
- stara Old Norse
- stāren Middle Dutch
- star Middle High German
- staren Middle High German