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Sounds like stower (in some accents) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂u-ro-

Proto-Italic *stauros

Latin *staurō

Latin īnstaurō

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Latin īnstaurāreder.

Anglo-Norman storbor.

Middle English store

English store

Inherited from Middle English store, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stor, from Latin īnstaurāre, from īnstaurō + -āre.

A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept. Near-synonyms: storeroom, stockroom, warehouse, magazine (archaic)
A supply held in storage. Near-synonyms: stock, supply; cache, stash
North American, mainly A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased. Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.
dated Memory. The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.
A great quantity or number; abundance. I make my love engrafted to this store.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).store cattle beast heifers and stores

transitive To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose. I'll store these books in the attic.
To contain. The cabinets store all the food the mice would like.
Have the capacity and capability to contain. They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.
transitive To write (something) into memory or registers. This operation stores the result on the stack.
transitive To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things. ON the Weſt of Tebeth lies the Province of Kaindu ᵈ, under its own Kings, till conquered by the Khân. It contains many Cities ; the Capital is of the ſame Name, and ſtands in the Entrance of the Province. Here is a great Salt-Lake, ſtored with Fiſh, and ſo affluent in Pearls, that they would be of n