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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

  1. An apartment in a palace or great house for use...

Ancestry of “stateroom”, 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-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →