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stans
Latin · ancient
"standing, a stopping place"
meaning "standing", from "stare" (to stand)
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Stage 2 of 3
stanza
Italian · medieval
"a room; a section of a poem"
came to mean a room, and then a section of a poem
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Stage 3 of 3
stanza
English · 1500s-1600s
"a grouped set of lines in a poem"
adopted directly from Italian for poetic verses
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