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Where does “status” come from?

status (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

status (Norwegian Bokmål): status

Definitions

  1. status

Ancestry of “status”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstātus—
2Latinstō—
3Proto-Italicstaēōstand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “status”

  • statussymbol
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