English
store
Store comes from Middle English store, from Anglo-Norman stor, ultimately from Latin īnstaurō ‘to renew, set up’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnstaurō‘to renew, set up’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400stor
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500store‘supplies’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609store
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnstaurō‘to renew, set up’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400stor
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500store‘supplies’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609store
Earliest quotation: 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 37: “I make my love engrafted to this store.”
Linked words
through Latin *staurō
restaurant, restaurateur, 2 more
through Middle English store
Today it means
noun A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin īnstaurō / store