stamina

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

   He has a lot of stamina. I suppose that's why he can run for a long time.

2. 2
   noun

   plural of stamen

   1790, William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed, Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition, In the specimens we have examined, and which perhaps have been rendered luxuriant by culture, the number of stamina has been from twelve to sixteen; of styles, from six to eight; of flowers on the same stalk, from one to eight.

3. 3
   noun

   enduring strength and energy

4. 4
   noun

   The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.

Etymology

From Latin stāmina, plural of stāmen.