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Kenneth Burke (Grammar of Motives, 1945) argues that the root of "status" is the Indo-Germanic "sta" corresponding to the Sanskrit "stha-":

"There is a set of words comprising what we might call the Stance family, for they all derive from a concept of place, or placement. In the Indo-Germanic languages the root for this family is sta , to stand (Sanscrit, stha ). And out of it there has developed this essential family, comprising such members as: consist, constancy, constitution, contrast. destiny, ecstasy, existence, hypostasize, obstacle, stage, state, status, statute, stead, subsist, and system. In German, an important member of the Stance family is stellen , to place, a root that figures in Vorstellung , a philosopher's and psychologist's word for representation, conception, idea, image." (Burke, 21)

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The root word of status is "stat," which comes from the Latin word "status," meaning condition or position.

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