English
in-state
From in + state.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Germanic *in
Proto-West Germanic *in
Old English in
Middle English in ‘inside’
English in
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’
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Proto-Italic *status ‘setting up; position’
Latin status ‘state, condition, position’
Old French estat ‘state’
Middle English stat ‘condition’
English state
Today it means
adj Existing or occurring within a single state.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / in-state