Where does “istitut” come from?
istitut (Maltese) comes from Italian istituto, from Latin institutum, from Latin institutus, from Latin instituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
istitut (Maltese): institute
Definitions
- institute
Ancestry of “istitut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | istituto | college |
| 2 | Latin | institutum | custom, principle; decree; intention, plan |
| 3 | Latin | institutus | instituted, built |
| 4 | Latin | instituo | I set up, establish, found, institute or arrange;... |
| 5 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 6 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 7 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |