Etymology

bistate

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Today it means: Spanning two states Full definition →

English state ← Middle English stat ← Old French estat
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  8. Proto-Italic*status
  9. Latinstatu
  10. Old Frenchestat
  11. Middle Englishstat
  12. Englishstate
  13. English todaybistate

From bi- + state.

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