Where does “instanco” come from?

instanco (Esperanto) comes from French instance, from Latin instāntia, from Latin īnstāns, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

instanco (Esperanto): court, authority both in the sense of a person or persons or an organization with some sort of decision-making power

Definitions

  1. court, authority both in the sense of a person or persons or an organization with some sort of decision-making power

Ancestry of “instanco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinstanceurgent demand, insistence, plea; authority,...
2Latininstāntiaa being near, presence
3Latinīnstānsstanding or pressing upon
4Latinstōto stand
5Proto-Italicstaēōstand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
7Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti →Every word from Proto-Italic staēō →