Where does “prostituee” come from?
prostituee (Dutch) comes from French prostituée, from Latin prōstitutus, from Latin prōstituō, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.
prostituee (Dutch): prostitute
Definitions
- prostitute
Ancestry of “prostituee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prostituée | prostitute |
| 2 | Latin | prōstitutus | prostituted |
| 3 | Latin | prōstituō | to set up in public |
| 4 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 5 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 6 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |