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Where does “typestate” come from?

typestate (English) comes from English State, from Middle English stat, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

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Ancestry of “typestate”, 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- →