Etymology

statehood

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Today it means: The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ← English state
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  3. Proto-Italic*status
  4. Latinstatu
  5. Old Frenchestat
  6. Middle Englishstat
  7. Englishstate
  8. Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
  9. Proto-Germanic*haiduz
  10. English todaystatehood

From state + -hood.

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