"Stave" meaning in English

See Stave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Staves [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from North German Stave, an occupational surname for a judge or church official, from Middle Low German Staf (“staff”). * Borrowed from Norwegian Stave, a habitational surname from five farmsteads in the country. * Americanized form of Polish Staw, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Stave}} German Stave, {{der|en|gml|Staf||staff}} Middle Low German Staf (“staff”), {{bor|en|no|Stave}} Norwegian Stave, {{der|en|pl|Staw}} Polish Staw Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Stave (plural Staves)
  1. A surname. Wikipedia link: Stave

Inflected forms

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