στοά

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • a colonnade
  • a roofed porch or walkway having one or more aisles framed and supported by one or more colonnades: portico; arcade, cloister, piazza (e.g. the and the in the ancient Agora of Athens).
  • a building marked by having such a roofed and colonnaded porch or walkway (e.g. the in the ancient Agora of Athens).
  • royal court

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *stōyyā́ derived from Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂wih₂, *stoh₂-w-ih₂, *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steh₂-

Gloss

stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up

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Kanji

立

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