Where does “prostitui” come from?

prostitui (Esperanto) comes from Latin prōstituō, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

prostitui (Esperanto): to prostitute

Definitions

  1. to prostitute

Ancestry of “prostitui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprōstituōto set up in public
2LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
3Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
4Latinstōto stand
5Proto-Italicstaēōstand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
7Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “prostitui”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti →Every word from Proto-Italic staēō →