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Depot

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a place for storing goods, or a small train or bus station
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Stage 1 of 3
depositum
Latin · ancient
"a deposit"
meaning "a thing deposited"
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Stage 2 of 3
dépôt
French · medieval
"a storage place"
came to mean a storage place or warehouse
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Stage 3 of 3
depot
English · 1700s-1800s
"a storage facility or transit station"
adopted for a storage facility or transit station
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