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

stare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin stō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstōto stand
2Proto-Italicstaēōstand
3Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via Latin stāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstāre—

Words derived from “stare”

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