Stow

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late Middle English: shortening of bestow.

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From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw(“a place, spot, locality, site”), from Proto-Germanic *stōwō(“a place, stowage”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-(“to stand, place, put”). Cognate with Old Frisian stō(“place”), Icelandic stó(“fireplace”), Dutch stouw(“place”). See also -stow.

From Middle English stowen, stawen, stewen, from Old English stōwian(“to hold back, restrain”), from Proto-Germanic *stōwōną, *stōwijaną(“to stow, dam up”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-(“to stand, place”). Cognate with Dutch stuwen, stouwen(“to stow”), Low German stauen(“to blin, halt, hinder”), German stauen(“to halt, hem in, stow, pack”), Danish stuve(“to stow”), Swedish stuva(“to stow”).

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stow (v.)

c. 1300, "to put, place (somewhere)," verbal use of Old English noun stow "a place, spot, site, locality" (common in place names), from Proto-Germanic *stowo- (source also of Old Frisian sto "place," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stouwen, Dutch stuwen "to stow," Old High German stouwen "to stop, check," German stauen "to stow, pack; bring to a halt, hem in"), from PIE *stau- "stout, standing, strong," extended form of root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm" (source also of Old Church Slavonic stavljo "to place," Lithuanian stoviu, stovėti "to stand"). The nautical sense of "put away to be stored, pack" (1550s) was enforced by Dutch stouwen "to cram, pack up close." Related: Stowed; stowing.