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Middle English (originally as two words): from in + stead.
wiktionary
in + stead, from Middle English ine(“in”) + stede(“stead”). Related to German statt.
etymonline
instead (adv.)
1590s, contraction of Middle English prepositional phrase ine stede (early 13c.; see stead), itself a loan-translation of Latin in loco (French en lieu de). Typically written as two words until mid-17c.
