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stoic

/sˈtəʊɪk/STOH-ik
/sˈtoʊɪk/STOH-ik

Meaningcolonnade

Common meaning: person who endures difficulty without complaint

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STA‘stand, whence various extended forms’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 418, p. 745 · scan
  2. Greekstoa‘colonnade’source
  3. LatinStoicus‘Stoic’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftscolonnade → person who endures difficulty without complaintstoic‘person who endures difficulty without complaint’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek stoa ‘colonnade’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry STOIC, p. 599 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • stoa Greek “colonnade”

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