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Where does “prostituēšana” come from?

prostituēšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian prostituēt, from Latin prōstituō, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

prostituēšana (Latvian): prostituting; verbal noun of prostituēt

Definitions

  1. prostituting; verbal noun of prostituēt

Ancestry of “prostituēšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianprostituētto prostitute; to use in some humiliating way; to...
2Latinprōstituō—
3LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
4Latinstātus—
5Latinstō—
6Proto-Italicstaēōstand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →