I got a question for you: The word state and its cognates in some other European languages (stato in Italian, estado in Spanish and Portuguese, etat in French, Staat in German) ultimately derive from the Latin word status, meaning "condition, circumstances".

Based on this passage, from which latin word is the term state originated?
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The relevant sentence in the passage is: The word state and its cognates in some other European languages (stato in Italian, estado in Spanish and Portuguese, etat in French, Staat in German) ultimately derive from the Latin word status, meaning "condition, circumstances".
Therefore, the answer is from the Latin word status , meaning '' condition , circumstances ''.