Where does “está” come from?

está (Portuguese) comes from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Definitions

Ancestry of “está”, step by step

está traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin stō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstōto stand
2Proto-Italicstaēōstand
3Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via Old Portuguese esta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseestafeminine singular of este
2Latinistam—

Words derived from “está”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti →Every word from Proto-Italic staēō →
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