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Where does the word "stet" come from? It comes from Latin stet, and was adopted directly into English (1750s).
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Where does the word "stet" come from? It comes from Latin stet, and was adopted directly into English (1750s).
Stet’s story begins in Latin: stet meant “let it stand.” 'let it stand', from 'stāre', to stand. It reached English by 1750s as stet. Written in the margin of proofs, with dots under the words to keep. Today, stet means a proofreader's instruction to ignore a marked correction.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient stet "let it stand", 'let it stand', from 'stāre', to stand.
- Stage 2 · English · 1750s stet "let it stand", written in the margin of proofs, with dots under the words to keep.