Etymology

upstate

up·state
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Today it means: The northern section of a state. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Germanic*ub
  3. Proto-Germanic*upp
  4. Proto-West Germanic*upp
  5. Old Englishupp
  6. Middle Englishup
  7. Englishup
  8. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  10. Proto-Italic*status
  11. Latinstatu
  12. Old Frenchestat
  13. Middle Englishstat
  14. Englishstate
  15. English todayupstate

From up + state.

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