estation

Old French

Alternative forms

• estacion
• estacioun
• stacion
• stacioun
• statiun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin statiō, statiōnem.

Noun

estation oblique singular, f (oblique plural estations, nominative singular estation, nominative plural estations)

1. garrison (permanent military outpost)
2. pause; break (specifically, during a journey)
3. (Christianity) visit to a church (etc.) for prayer

Descendants

• French: station
  • → Dutch: station
    • → Indonesian: stasiun
  • → Romanian: stație
  • → Turkish: istasyon
• Norman: stâtion (Jersey)
• Anglo-Norman: estation
  • → Middle English: stacioun, stasion, station, stacyon, stacion
    • English: station
      • → Hindi: स्टेशन/سٹیشن (sṭeśan)
      • → Irish: stáisiún
      • → Malay: stesen
      • → Punjabi: ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ/سٹیشن (saṭēśan)
      • → Scottish Gaelic: stèisean
    • Scots: station

References

• estation on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Etymology and history of “station”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.