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Where does “stato” come from?

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

stato (Italian): state; state sovereign polity; a government;...

Definitions

  1. state; state sovereign polity; a government;...

Ancestry of “stato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstātus—
2Latinstō—
3Proto-Italicstaēōstand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stato”

  • autostato
  • girostato
  • microstato
  • statolatria
  • statoscopio
  • statizzare
  • parastato
  • statizzazione
  • statolite
  • parastatistica
  • state
  • statistica
  • termostatistica
  • destatizzare
  • destatizzazione
  • astrostatistica
  • biostatistica
  • macrostato
  • stat
  • stat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →