Etymology

polystate

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Today it means: A set of separate political units that overlap and exist under a central government. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  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 todaypolystate

From poly- + state, coined by author Zach Weinersmith.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.