Where does “bonstato” come from?
bonstato (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.
bonstato (Esperanto): prosperity
Definitions
- prosperity
Ancestry of “bonstato”, step by step
bonstato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ŝtato
| 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- | — |