English
stative
Stative comes from Latin stativus ‘stationary’, from stō ‘to stand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂- ‘to steal’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)teh₂-‘to steal’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)téh₂yeti‘to steal’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(s)tāō‘to steal’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō‘to stand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīvus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstativus‘stationary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1903stative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)teh₂-‘to steal’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)téh₂yeti‘to steal’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(s)tāō‘to steal’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō‘to stand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīvus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstativus‘stationary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1903stative
Earliest quotation: 1903, Frank R. Blake: So-Called Intransitive V, Vol. xxiv: “Granted, then, that the original meaning of these verbs…”
Linked words
through Latin stō ‘to stand’
rest, stage, distance, instance, instant, substance, distant, extant, distal, oust, obstetric, 26 more
through Latin īvus
positive, festival, native, naive, naïve, festive, nativity, festivity, 9 more
Today it means
adj Of a verb: asserting, generally intransitively, that a subject has a particular property, quality or status.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂- / stative