Etymograph

English

stat

Stat comes from Latin statim ‘immediately’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatim‘immediately’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022stat

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatim‘immediately’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022stat

Earliest quotation: 2022, Megan Uy, Where to Get That Cute Tie-Dye Hoodie on ‘Only Murders in th: “TBH, I’d get to shopping STAT because these hoodies…”

Today it means

adv Immediately; now.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin statim / stat