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
- One of the antislavery settlers in Kansas...
Ancestry of “Free-Stater”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | free state | A political entity whose political status is less... |
| 2 | German | Freistaat | free state |
| 3 | German | Staat | country; state; state; authorities; state |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 6 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |