Etymograph

English

stater

From state + -er (agent noun suffix).

Formed from state + -er

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

Another origin of stater

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stísteh₂ti‘to be standing up, to be getting up’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hístāmi‘to stand’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστημι‘to put, place, set’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστατήρstatḗr‘a stater’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatēr
  7. Englishtodaystater

Today it means

noun One who states.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stater”. 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.

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