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- Latin · derived fromstātus“standing, state, status”
- Spanish · borrowed fromestado“Spanish fathom, state, status”
- English todayestado
From Spanish estado (“Spanish fathom, state, status”), from Latin stātus (“standing, state, status”). Doublet of state, status, estate, and stade.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.