Where does “prostituée” come from?

prostituée (French) comes from Latin prōstitutus, 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-.

prostituée (French): prostitute

Definitions

  1. prostitute

Ancestry of “prostituée”, step by step

prostituée traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin prōstitutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprōstitutusprostituted
2Latinprōstituōto set up in public
3LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
4Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
5Latinstōto stand
6Proto-Italicstaēōstand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via French prostituer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprostituerto prostitute oneself

Words derived from “prostituée”

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