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Where does “Free-Stater” come from?

Free-Stater (English) comes from English free state, from German Freistaat, from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō.

Free-Stater (English): One of the antislavery settlers in Kansas...

Definitions

  1. One of the antislavery settlers in Kansas...

Ancestry of “Free-Stater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfree stateA political entity whose political status is less...
2GermanFreistaatfree state
3GermanStaatcountry; state; state; authorities; state
4Middle Low Germanstāt—
5Middle Dutchstaetinflection of stâen: ## third-person singular...
6Old Frenchestatstate; government; condition
7Latinstātus—
8Latinstō—
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →