Where does “prostitutio” come from?
prostitutio (Late Latin) comes from Latin prostituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
prostitutio (Late Latin): prostitution; dishonoring, profaning
Definitions
- prostitution; dishonoring, profaning
Ancestry of “prostitutio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | prostituo | I set up in public; I prostitute; I dishonor |
| 2 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 3 | Latin | stātus | — |
| 4 | Latin | stō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
Words derived from “prostitutio”