Stood
/stʊd/noun
Past tense and past participle of stand, meaning to have been upright or positioned in a place.
Did you know?Stood is not a separate word at all in origin—it’s the ancient strong past tense of stand, preserved from Old English rather than built with the usual -ed ending.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*stā-
“to stand, make firm”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*standaną
“to stand”
Old English
OE
stōd
“stood, was standing”
Middle English
ME
stood
“stood”
Modern English
English
stood
“past tense and past participle of stand”