stair

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From Middle English staire, stayre, stayer, steir, steyre, steyer, from Old English stǣġer (stair, staircase), from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (stairs, scaffolding), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (to walk, proceed, march, climb). Cognate with Dutch steiger (a stair, step, wharf, pier, scaffolding), Middle Low German steiger, steir (scaffolding). Related to Old English āstǣgan (to ascend, go up, embark), Old English stīgan (to go, move, reach; ascend, mount, go up, spring up, rise; scale), German Stiege (a flight of stairs). More at sty.

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stair (plural stairs)

  1. A single step in a staircase.
  2. A series of steps, a staircase.

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  • Stairs and stair are used to refer to a single staircase, mostly interchangeably in the UK.

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stair f (genitive staire, nominative plural startha)

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