staffettan.

Brit.

/staˈfɛtə/, U.S.

/stæˈfɛdə/

Inflections: Plural staffette Brit.

/staˈfɛteɪ/, U.S.

/stæˈfɛdeɪ/, staffettas.

Forms: 1500s– staffette, 1600s staffet, 1600s staffeto, 1800s– staffetta.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian staffetta.

Etymology: < Italian staffetta small stirrup (1315), instrument or device resembling a stirrup (15th cent.), courier, messenger, herald, office or task of a courier (all early 16th cent.), military scout or group of scouts (19th cent.), relay race, team competing in a relay, substitution in a sports game (20th cent.) < staffa stirrup (late 13th cent.; < a form in a Germanic language cognate with Old English stæpe stirrup: see step n.¹) + -etta -ette suffix. Compare estafette n.Compare Middle French staffette courier riding from one stage to another (1596) and German Stafette courier, set of couriers riding in stages (17th cent.), both < Italian. In plural form staffette after the Italian plural form.

Now historical.

1. A mounted courier.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > mounted messenger

chivauchier1420

staffette1545

hobbler157.

estafette1792

dispatch-rider1899

1545 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) X. 487 I have written thryse to you, twyse by the ordynarye staffette that goith weekelye to Andwerpe.

1633 Cal. State Papers, Domest. 28 Jan. 521 [Orders..to erect] staffette [or packet posts at fit stages].

1633 Cal. State Papers, Domest. Apr. 39 [That letters should be sent by] staffeto.

1635 in Rep. Secret Comm. Post-Office (1844) App. 55 A Proposition for setling of Staffets or pacquet posts betwixt London and all parts of his Maiesties dominions.

1714 London Gaz. No. 5263/2 We have Advices from Vienna which say, that a Staffette was arrived there with Letters from Constantinople.

1800 M. Starke Lett. from Italy II. App. 291 Wednesday morning early arrives a Staffetta from Florence, with the letters of that City, Sicily, Naples, [etc.].

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. v. 433 Brief weekly report to his Majesty will be expected; staffettes, should cases of hot haste occur.

1931 N. Ausubel Superman (1932) iv. iv. 771 He left instructions that a staffette be sent to him daily with news of the dog's state.

1992 Hist. Today Sept. 39/2 By 1585 the Compagnia dei Corrieri in Venice had developed their own corps of staffette, or express relay riders, able to match the speeds achieved by the standing-posts of the Habsburg empire.

2. In Italy during the Second World War (1939–45): a female partisan working for the resistance as a courier.

1964 H. L. Coles & A. K. Weinberg Civil Affairs xviii. 529/2 Their orders were received direct from Allied Command, through Monti, or his staffette.

1988 M. Wilhelm Other Italy vi. 121 The staffetta was clearly recognized not just as a messenger but as the indispensable link in a chain of command.

2013 B. Alexandra Tuscan Rose 534 Others wrote letters of farewell to their wives and parents, which would be left with Fiamma and some of the staffette.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	staffetta
释义	staffettan. Brit. /staˈfɛtə/, U.S. /stæˈfɛdə/ Inflections: Plural staffette Brit. /staˈfɛteɪ/, U.S. /stæˈfɛdeɪ/, staffettas. Forms: 1500s– staffette, 1600s staffet, 1600s staffeto, 1800s– staffetta. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian staffetta. Etymology: < Italian staffetta small stirrup (1315), instrument or device resembling a stirrup (15th cent.), courier, messenger, herald, office or task of a courier (all early 16th cent.), military scout or group of scouts (19th cent.), relay race, team competing in a relay, substitution in a sports game (20th cent.) < staffa stirrup (late 13th cent.; < a form in a Germanic language cognate with Old English stæpe stirrup: see step n.¹) + -etta -ette suffix. Compare estafette n.Compare Middle French staffette courier riding from one stage to another (1596) and German Stafette courier, set of couriers riding in stages (17th cent.), both < Italian. In plural form staffette after the Italian plural form. Now historical. 1. A mounted courier. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > mounted messenger chivauchier1420 staffette1545 hobbler157. estafette1792 dispatch-rider1899 1545 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) X. 487 I have written thryse to you, twyse by the ordynarye staffette that goith weekelye to Andwerpe. 1633 Cal. State Papers, Domest. 28 Jan. 521 [Orders..to erect] staffette [or packet posts at fit stages]. 1633 Cal. State Papers, Domest. Apr. 39 [That letters should be sent by] staffeto. 1635 in Rep. Secret Comm. Post-Office (1844) App. 55 A Proposition for setling of Staffets or pacquet posts betwixt London and all parts of his Maiesties dominions. 1714 London Gaz. No. 5263/2 We have Advices from Vienna which say, that a Staffette was arrived there with Letters from Constantinople. 1800 M. Starke Lett. from Italy II. App. 291 Wednesday morning early arrives a Staffetta from Florence, with the letters of that City, Sicily, Naples, [etc.]. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. v. 433 Brief weekly report to his Majesty will be expected; staffettes, should cases of hot haste occur. 1931 N. Ausubel Superman (1932) iv. iv. 771 He left instructions that a staffette be sent to him daily with news of the dog's state. 1992 Hist. Today Sept. 39/2 By 1585 the Compagnia dei Corrieri in Venice had developed their own corps of staffette, or express relay riders, able to match the speeds achieved by the standing-posts of the Habsburg empire. 2. In Italy during the Second World War (1939–45): a female partisan working for the resistance as a courier. Π 1964 H. L. Coles & A. K. Weinberg Civil Affairs xviii. 529/2 Their orders were received direct from Allied Command, through Monti, or his staffette. 1988 M. Wilhelm Other Italy vi. 121 The staffetta was clearly recognized not just as a messenger but as the indispensable link in a chain of command. 2013 B. Alexandra Tuscan Rose 534 Others wrote letters of farewell to their wives and parents, which would be left with Fiamma and some of the staffette. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1545
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