Stour Definition
A stake.
Other Word Forms of Stour
Noun
Origin of Stour
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From Middle English stoor, stour (“large, powerful"), from Old English stōr (“large, great, strong, violent"), from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, *stōrijaz (“great, big, strong"), from Proto-Indo-European *stār-, *stōr- (“big, thick, old"). Akin to Scots stour (“tall, large, great, stout"), Eastern Frisian stor (“great, many"), Low German stur (“large"), Danish and Swedish stor (“large, great"), Icelandic stórr (“large, tall"), Polish stary (“old, ancient") and probably Albanian shtoj (“I add, increase"). Compare also stoor, steer.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English stour, stor (“conflict") from Anglo-Norman estur (“conflict, struggle"), from Old French estour, estor, estorme, estourmie, estormie (“battle, assault, conflict, tumult"), from Frankish *sturm (“storm, commotion, battle"), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm"). Akin to Old High German sturm (“battle, storm"). More at storm.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English stoure, stourre, from Old Norse staurr (“a stake, pale"), from Proto-Germanic *stauraz (“pole, support"), from Proto-Indo-European *stā- (“to stand, place"). Cognate with Icelandic staur (“a stake, pole"), Ancient Greek σταυρός (stauros, “a stake, cross").
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