store
/stɔː/ · noun
Meaning
- A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- A supply held in storage.
- A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
- Memory.
- A great quantity or number; abundance.
- Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).
- To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
- To contain.
- Have the capacity and capability to contain.
- To write (something) into memory or registers.
- To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English store, stoure, storre, from Anglo-Norman stor, estore, estorr, estoer, and Old French estour, estor, from Latin īnstaurō.
- īnstaurō(la)→
- estour(fro)→
- stor(xno)→
- store(Middle English)→
- *steh₂-(ine-pro)→
- store (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der, der, der
Related words
*steh₂-(ine-pro)store(Middle English)stor(xno)estour(fro)īnstaurō(la)stoor(Afrikaans)စတိုး(Burmese)sitolo(Chichewa)士多(Chinese)sitowa(Chuukese)sito(Hausa)setor(Iban)stór(Irish)ストア(Japanese)stor(Malay)സ്റ്റോറ്(Malayalam)Schtor(Pennsylvania German)Stua(Plautdietsch)estoa(Portuguese)stòr(Scottish Gaelic)chitoro(Shona)storu(Sicilian)isitolo(Southern Ndebele)stoo(Swahili)sitolo(Swazi)stua(Tok Pisin)اسٹور(Urdu)isitora(Xhosa)isitolo(Zulu)
Descendant words
- stoor(Afrikaans) (bor)
- စတိုး(Burmese) (bor)
- sitolo(Chichewa) (bor)
- 士多(Chinese) (bor)
- sitowa(Chuukese) (bor)
- sito(Hausa) (bor)
- setor(Iban) (bor)
- stór(Irish) (bor)
- ストア(Japanese) (bor)
- stor(Malay) (bor)
- സ്റ്റോറ്(Malayalam) (bor)
- Schtor(Pennsylvania German) (bor)
- Stua(Plautdietsch) (bor)
- estoa(Portuguese) (bor)
- stòr(Scottish Gaelic) (bor)
- chitoro(Shona) (der)
- storu(Sicilian) (bor)
- isitolo(Southern Ndebele) (bor)
- stoo(Swahili) (bor)
- sitolo(Swazi) (bor)
- stua(Tok Pisin) (der)
- اسٹور(Urdu) (bor)
- isitora(Xhosa) (bor)
- isitolo(Zulu) (bor)
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