Where does “city state” come from?

city state (English) comes from German Stadtstaat, from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.

city state (English): A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often...

Definitions

  1. A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often...

Ancestry of “city state”, step by step

city state traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stadtstaat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStadtstaatcity state
2GermanStaatcountry; state; state; authorities; state
3Middle Low Germanstāt—
4Middle Dutchstaetinflection of stâen: ## third-person singular...
5Old Frenchestatstate; government; condition
6Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
7Latinstōto stand
8Proto-Italicstaēōstand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
10Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via English city

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcityA large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes...
2Middle Englishcitecity
3Old FrenchcitetAlternative form of cité
4Latincīvitās—
5Proto-Italickeiwissociety; citizen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

via English State

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishStateA current governing polity; The current governing...
2Middle Englishstatcondition
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti →Every word from Proto-Italic staēō →