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Where does “stateless” come from?

Stateless comes from English state, derived from Latin status and Latin sto, both tracing to Proto-Indo-European steh₂-, meaning "to stand."

stateless (English): Of a system or protocol, such that it does not...

Definitions

  1. Of a system or protocol, such that it does not...

Ancestry of “stateless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishStateA current governing polity; The current governing...
2Middle Englishstat—
3Old Frenchestatstate; government; condition
4Latinstātus—
5Latinstō—
6Proto-Italicstaēōstand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stateless”

  • statelessness
  • statelessly
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