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Where does “prostituisto” come from?

prostituisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto prostitui, 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-.

prostituisto (Esperanto): pimp

Definitions

  1. pimp

Ancestry of “prostituisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoprostituito prostitute
2Latinprōstituō—
3LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
4Latinstātus—
5Latinstō—
6Proto-Italicstaēōstand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
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