Where does “estado” come from?
estado (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl) comes from Spanish estado, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
estado (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl): state
Ancestry of “estado”, step by step