Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “statut” come from?

statut (Middle English) comes from Old French statut, from Latin statūtum, from Latin statūtus, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.

Ancestry of “statut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchstatutAlternative form of estatut
2Latinstatūtum—
3Latinstatūtus—
4LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
5Latinstātus—
6Latinstō—
7Proto-Italicstaēōstand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
9Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “statut”

  • statute
  • statutory
  • statutorily
  • nonstatutory
  • statutable
  • statutably
  • unstatutable
  • substatute
  • extra-statutory
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