Also spelled stanch
verb
Freq #35845
Meanings
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1
verb
stop the flow of a liquid
Staunch the blood flow.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
verb
· stop the flow of a liquid
stem
Word family
Forms
stanchesstanchlesslystaunchedstauncherstaunchesstauncheststaunchingstaunchly
Derived forms
staunchlystaunchness
Etymology
From Middle English staunch, staunche (“(adjective) in good condition or repair; solidly made, firm; watertight; of a person or wound: not bleeding; certain; intact; (adverb) firmly, soundly”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman estaunche, Old French estanche (“firm; watertight”) (modern French étanche (“airtight; watertight”)), a variant of estanc (“a pond”), from estanchier (“to stop the flow of a liquid (blood, water, etc.); to make (something) watertight; to quench (thirst)”) (modern French étancher), possibly from one of the following: * From Vulgar Latin *stagnicāre, from Latin stāgnum...
*steh₂g-
Proto-Indo-European
staunch
Middle English
estaunche
xno
estanche
Old French
*stagnicāre
la-vul
stāgnum
Latin
*stānticāre
la-vul
stans
Latin
*steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European
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