Etymology

statelet

S1T1A1T1E1L1E1T1

Today it means: A very small nation-state, or a region that acts like a nation-state Full definition →

English state ← Middle English stat ← Old French estat
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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. English todaystatelet

From state + -let.

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