Etymology

ministate

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Today it means: A very small country or self-governing region, especially one that lacks international recognition Full definition →

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

  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  6. Proto-Italic*status
  7. Latinstatu
  8. Old Frenchestat
  9. Middle Englishstat
  10. Englishstate
  11. English todayministate

From mini- + state.

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