Etymograph

English

statechart

From state + chart.

A compound of state + chart

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Proto-Italic *status ‘setting up; position’

Latin status ‘state, condition, position’

Old French estat ‘state’

Middle English stat ‘condition’

English state

Ancient Greek χάρτης ‘papyrus’

Latin charta ‘papyrus, paper’

Middle French charte ‘card’

English chart

Today it means

noun A diagram of the state(s) of a system.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “statechart”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / statechart