English
status
Status comes from Latin status.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatus
- Englishearliest quotation 1957same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatus
- Englishearliest quotation 1957same form
Earliest quotation: 1957, Gladys Sellew, Paul Hanly Furfey: “The king has status in his kingdom, and the…”
The story
A learned borrowing from Latin status.
Linked words
through Latin status
state, institute, institution, substitute, constitute, constituent, stade, estado, 8 more
Today it means
noun A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin status / status