Where does “ŝtatestro” come from?
ŝtatestro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝtato, from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
ŝtatestro (Esperanto): state leader
Ancestry of “ŝtatestro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ŝtato | A state; A member state of a federated state;... |
| 2 | German | Staat | country; state; state; authorities; state |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen:
## third-person singular... |
| 5 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 6 | Latin | stātus | — |
| 7 | Latin | stō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |