Where does “status” come from?

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

status (Latin): fixed, set, having been set

Definitions

  1. fixed, set, having been set

Ancestry of “status”, step by step

status 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 Proto-Italic *status

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*statussetting up

Words derived from “status”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →