Etymograph

English

statie

From state + -ie.

A compound of state + -ie

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

noun A state trooper.

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

Etymograph / statie