Where does “prostituare” come from?
prostituare (Romanian) comes from Romanian prostitua, from French prostituer, from Latin prōstituō, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.
prostituare (Romanian): prostitution
Definitions
- prostitution
Ancestry of “prostituare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | prostitua | to prostitute |
| 2 | French | prostituer | to prostitute oneself |
| 3 | Latin | prōstituō | to set up in public |
| 4 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 5 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 6 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |