staca

From English stack, from Middle English stak, from Old Norse stakkr, from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz. Doublet of stáca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠt̪ˠakə/

staca m (genitive singular staca, nominative plural stacaí)

1. (geology) stack (coastal landform), sea stack

• Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “staca”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm
• “staca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “staca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“a stake”), either via Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka) or Frankish *staka. See stake.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsta.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈst̪aː.ka]

staca f (genitive stacae); first declension^[1]

1. (Medieval Latin) a stake

First-declension noun.

• stacamentum
• stacata
• stacō

• Old French: estache, estake, estage
  • Middle French: estache, estaque
    • French: estache, estaque
  • Norman: étac (Guernesiais)
  • → Middle English: stache, stage
• Iberian:
  • Aragonese: estaca
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: estaca
    • Galician: estaca
    • Portuguese: estaca
  • Spanish: estaca
• Italian: stacca
• Old Occitan: estaca
  • Catalan: estaca
  • Occitan: estaca

From Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.kɑ/

staca m

1. stake

Weak:

• Middle English: stake, staak, stack, stak
  • English: stake
  • Scots: stak, staik
  • → Irish: stáca, staic