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Where does “hastate” come from?

hastate (English) comes from Middle English hastate, from Latin hastātus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

hastate (English): Of or pertaining to a spear; Shaped similarly to...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a spear; Shaped similarly to...

Ancestry of “hastate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhastate—
2Latinhastātus—
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →