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staunchness

noun

Etymology

From staunch + -ness.

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻ — “to stand (up)”
  2. derived from stans — “standing; remaining, staying”
  3. derived from *stānticāre✻
  4. derived from *steh₂g-✻ — “to drip; to seep”
  5. derived from stāgnum — “piece of standing water, pond; fen, swamp”
  6. derived from *stagnicāre✻
  7. derived from estanche — “firm; watertight”
  8. derived from estaunche
  9. inherited from staunch
  10. suffixed as staunchness — “staunch + ness”

Definitions

  1. Property of being staunch.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA