staunch

Etymology 1
From, , from , (modern 🇨🇬), a variant of , from  (modern 🇨🇬), possibly from one of the following:


 * From, from , possibly from.
 * From, from , from . is the    of , ultimately from.



Adjective

 * 1) Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
 * 2)  Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
 * 3) Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
 * 4) Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
 * 5) Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
 * 6)  Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
 * 7)  Cautious, restrained.
 * 8) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1) Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
 * 2) Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
 * 3)  Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
 * 4)  Cautious, restrained.
 * 5) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1) Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
 * 2)  Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
 * 3)  Cautious, restrained.
 * 4) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1) Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
 * 2)  Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
 * 3)  Cautious, restrained.
 * 4) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1) Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
 * 2)  Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
 * 3)  Cautious, restrained.
 * 4) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1)  Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
 * 2)  Cautious, restrained.
 * 3) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1)  Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
 * 2)  Cautious, restrained.
 * 3) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1)  Cautious, restrained.
 * 2) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1) stubborn, intransigent
 * 1) stubborn, intransigent

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * Macedonian: цврст


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: acèrrim
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: acérrimo, acérrima, ardoroso, ardorosa, incondicional
 * German:, ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: ве́рен, до́верлив
 * Malay:, karib
 * Maori: horopū
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:

Etymology 2
From, , from , , , , ; see further at etymology 1 and at.

Usage notes
is more commonly used as the spelling of the verb compared to staunch, especially in the United States; while staunch is more common as the spelling of the adjective, with stanch now regarded as archaic. Prescriptively, some readers may assume that reversals of these preferences are incorrect.

Etymology 3
Either:


 * from, , from , from (modern 🇨🇬), from : see further at etymology 2; and/or
 * derived directly from the.

Noun

 * 1)  That which stanches or checks a flow.
 * 2)  A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
 * 3)  An act of stanching or stopping.

Etymology 4
See (etymology 4).