- -stan
- "country," source of place names such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc., from Pers. -stan "country," from Indo-Iranian *stanam "place," lit. "where one stands," from PIE *sta-no-, from base *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
- non-standard
- c.1933, a linguist's value-neutral term, in ref. to language formerly stigmatized as "bad" or "vulgar."
- sub-standard
- 1909, from sub- + standard.