Where does “statute” come from?

statute (Latin) comes from Latin statutus, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

statute (Latin): vocative masculine singular of statūtus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of statūtus

Ancestry of “statute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstatutusestablished; erected
2LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
3Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
4Latinstōto stand
5Proto-Italicstaēōstand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
7Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti →Every word from Proto-Italic staēō →