Where does “antaŭstato” come from?
antaŭstato (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.
antaŭstato (Esperanto): status quo
Definitions
- status quo
Ancestry of “antaŭstato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | fixed, set, having been set |
| 7 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |