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noun
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
Origin:
1535–45; < Latin, plural of stāmen thread (see stamen); i.e., the life-threads spun by the Fates
1535–45; < Latin, plural of stāmen thread (see stamen); i.e., the life-threads spun by the Fates
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noun
a plural of stamen.
Origin:
1640–50; < Latin stāmen warp in upright loom, thread, filament, equivalent to stā(re) to stand + -men noun suffix; akin to Greek stḗmōn warp, Sanskrit sthāman place
1640–50; < Latin stāmen warp in upright loom, thread, filament, equivalent to stā(re) to stand + -men noun suffix; akin to Greek stḗmōn warp, Sanskrit sthāman place
Related forms
sta·mened, adjective
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| stamina2 (ˈstæmɪnə) | |
| —n | |
| a plural of stamen | |
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Word Origin & History
stamen
"pollen-bearing organ of a flower," 1668, from Mod.L. (1625, Spigelus), from L. stamen "stamen" (Pliny), lit. "thread of the warp" in the upright loom (related to stare "to stand"), from PIE *sta-men- (cf. Gk. stemon "warp," also used by Hesychius for some part of a plant, Goth. stoma, Skt. sthaman
EXPAND "place," also "strength"), from base *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
stamina
1676, "rudiments or original elements of something," from L. stamina "threads," pl. of stamen (gen. staminis) "thread, warp" (see stamen). Sense of "power to resist or recover, strength, endurance" first recorded 1726 (originally pl.), from earlier meaning "congenital vital
capacities of a person or animal," also in part from L. application to the threads spun by the Fates to determine the length and course of one's life, and partly from a fig. use of L. stamen "the warp (of cloth)" on the notion of the warp as the "foundation" of a fabric.
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stamen  (stā'mən) Pronunciation Key
Plural stamens or stamina (stā'mə-nə, stām'ə-) The male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of a filament and a pollen-bearing anther at its tip. See more at anther, flower. |
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