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Where does “prostituată” come from?

prostituată (Romanian) comes from French prostituée, from Latin prōstitutus, from Latin prōstituō, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.

prostituată (Romanian): prostitute

Definitions

  1. prostitute

Ancestry of “prostituată”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprostituéeprostitute
2Latinprōstitutus—
3Latinprōstituō—
4LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
5Latinstātus—
6Latinstō—
7Proto-Italicstaēōstand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
9Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →