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)

garrison (permanent military outpost)
pause; break (specifically, during a journey)
(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.

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