staunce
Middle English
/ˈstau̯ns(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- place to stand
- battle station
- position
- standing in society
- circumstance
- situation
- stanchion
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French estance (predicament, stay, sojourn, situation).
Origin
Old French
estance
Gloss
predicament, stay, sojourn, situation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- life stance English
- midstance English
- stance English
- stanceless English
- stanza Italian
- estance Old French