Where does “prostituto” come from?

prostituto (Italian) 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-.

prostituto (Italian): prostitute; gigolo; hustler

Definitions

  1. prostitute; gigolo; hustler

Ancestry of “prostituto”, step by step

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