Where does “stateroom” come from?
Stateroom comes from English state, from Latin status meaning "position or condition," from Latin sto meaning "to stand," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- meaning "to stand or place."
stateroom (English): An apartment in a palace or great house for use...
Definitions
- An apartment in a palace or great house for use...
Ancestry of “stateroom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | State | A current governing polity; The current governing... |
| 2 | Middle English | stat | — |
| 3 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 4 | Latin | stātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | stō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |