Where does “statolite” come from?
statolite (Italian) comes from Italian stato, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
statolite (Italian): statolith
Ancestry of “statolite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | stato | state; state sovereign polity; a government;... |
| 2 | Latin | stātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | stō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |