Stanch
/stæntʃ/noun
To stop the flow of blood or another liquid; to check or stop something.
Did you know?English stanch is historically tied to the same Latin root as stagnation and stagnant, all tracing back to the idea of standing still or becoming motionless.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*stā-
“to stand, make or be firm”
Latin
Latin
stāre
“to stand”
Late Latin
Latin
stantiare
“to make stand, stop, or fix”
Old French
Old French
estancher
“to stop the flow of a liquid; to stem”
Middle English
English
staunchen
“to stop the flow of blood or water; to check”
Modern English
English
stanch
“to stop the flow of blood or another liquid; to suppress or stop”
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