ETYM. griech.
1. Angehöriger oder Anhänger der Stoa.
2. Mensch von unerschütterlichem Gleichmut; Fatalist.
ETYM Latin stoicus, Greek from stoikos a roofed colonnade, a porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his successors taught.
Someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions; SYN. unemotional person.