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