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Where does “stare” come from?

stare (Italian) comes from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stare (Italian): to stay, remain; to keep, stick; to be doing...

Definitions

  1. to stay, remain; to keep, stick; to be doing...

Ancestry of “stare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstō—
2Proto-Italicstaēōstand
3Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stare”

  • autostato
  • microstato
  • girostato
  • statolatria
  • statoscopio
  • sovrastare
  • sovrastante
  • stato
  • statizzare
  • parastato
  • statizzazione
  • statolite
  • parastatistica
  • state
  • statistica
  • sottostare
  • termostatistica
  • destatizzare
  • destatizzazione
  • benestarista
  • astrostatistica
  • biostatistica
  • macrostato
  • benestare
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