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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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staff pl. staves (now chiefly literary exc. in senses in which
STAVE is now the usual sg.),
staffs (the only form in C).
A. stick, pole, rod OE. (later in many spec. uses);
B. †letter OE.; †line of verse XV; †stanza XVI; (mus.) set of horizontal lines for the placing of notes XVII;
C. body of officers or persons employed XVIII. OE.
stæf = OS. (Du.)
staf, OHG.
stap (G.
stab), ON.
stafr :- Gmc. *
stabaz. C is of Continental orig.; cf. Du.
staf, G.
stab, the use being prob. developed from the sense wand of office, ‘baton’.
Hence
staff vb. provide with a staff of officers, etc. XIX.
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