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Where does “unstatutable” come from?

unstatutable (English) comes from English statutable, from English statute, from Middle English statut, from Old French statut, from Latin statūtum, from Latin statūtus, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus.

unstatutable (English): not statutable

Definitions

  1. not statutable

Ancestry of “unstatutable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstatutableMade or introduced by statute; proceeding from an...
2EnglishstatuteWritten law, as laid down by the legislature;...
3Middle Englishstatut—
4Old FrenchstatutAlternative form of estatut
5Latinstatūtum—
6Latinstatūtus—
7LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
8Latinstātus—
9Latinstō—
10Proto-Italicstaēōstand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
12Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →