Where does “stateful” come from?

Stateful derives from English state, from Latin status, from Latin sto, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-, meaning to stand or be placed.

stateful (English): That supports different states, reacting to the...

Definitions

  1. That supports different states, reacting to the...

Ancestry of “stateful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishStateA current governing polity; The current governing...
2Middle Englishstatcondition
3Old Frenchestatstate; government; condition
4Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
5Latinstōto stand
6Proto-Italicstaēōstand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stateful”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti →Every word from Proto-Italic staēō →