Where does “institute” come from?
institute (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French institute, from Latin institutum, from Latin institutus, from Latin instituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
Ancestry of “institute”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | institute | — |
| 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- | — |