Etymology

microstate

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Today it means: A sovereign state which has a very small land area and population. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  7. Proto-Italic*status
  8. Latinstatu
  9. Old Frenchestat
  10. Middle Englishstat
  11. Englishstate
  12. English todaymicrostate

From micro- + state.

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