stat

Forms

stat n (plural staturi)^[1]

• Cunia gives the plural as stati or state.^[2] Wiktionary gives statu as an alternative form.^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Italian stato (“state”) or Latin status.^[1] The Latin noun status first meant a way of standing, a posture, and then a condition or state;^[3] it is formed from stō (“to stand”).^[3] De Vaan reconstructs Proto-Italic *statu- (“setting up”) and Proto-Indo-European *sth₂tu- (“placement”), from the root of the same verb.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Of the sources, only Cunia's dictionary and Wiktionary record the noun, as a country under one government.^[5][1]

Semantic evolution

Cunia defines it as the territory where one or more peoples live within borders crossed only with a passport, usually ruled by a king, an emperor or a president, and gives as equivalents older words: duvleti, crat, vãsilii and amirãrilji.^[5] Dixionline glosses it "state, kingdom, empire".^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. A state, a country.^[5][1]

Usage notes

Cunia and Wiktionary also have stat as the past participle of stau “to stand, stay”, used as an adjective: “stopped, remained; stood”.^[1][2] Wiktionary derives that participle from Latin status.^[1]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Cunia, Tiberius (2008), Dictsiunar a limbãljei armãneascã, Editsii Timpurarã (after T. Papahagi, Ș. Mihăileanu and I. Dalametra; online at dixionline.net), p. 966
3. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c d Cunia, Tiberius (2008), Dictsiunar a limbãljei armãneascã, Editsii Timpurarã (after T. Papahagi, Ș. Mihăileanu and I. Dalametra; online at dixionline.net)