Etymology

nonstate

N1O1N1S1T1A1T1E1

Today it means: Not constituting or belonging to a state; not characterised by the institutional power or authority of an organized government. Full definition →

English state ← Middle English stat ← Old French estat
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  16. Proto-Italic*status
  17. Latinstatu
  18. Old Frenchestat
  19. Middle Englishstat
  20. Englishstate
  21. English todaynonstate

From non- + state.

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