For this activity, I chose to analyze the word status, “stātus”.
Stātus, used in Latin to describe a literal physical standing position, body posture, stature, and condition in regard to public rights and rank or social standing. Status, when referring to physical posture and position, is the 1456th most frequent word. While it is true that “status” is used commonly in English, it rarely has a tangible connotation, except sometimes when used to refer to height. Status as a word started being used frequently in the English language in the 1670s, and meant either literal height or legal standing of a person—so it has stayed very true to its Latin origins.
Status was most often used by Sidonius Apollinaris, Boethius, and Tertullian, and most often appears in collocation with res (96 times), publicus (46 times), and civitas (38 times)
Examples:
Lex Bajwar. tit. 1. cap. 11. § 1 :
Fiat tunica plumbea secundum Statum ejus, quod ipsa pensaverit, auri tantum donet, qui eum occidit.
Regnum, imperium, ditio, nostris Etat. Litteræ Edwardi III. in Chron. Angl. Th. Otterbourne pag. 123:
Quid ergo pro suo jure suaque securitate non licuit Regi, sui Status suique populi periculum jam videndi, dicat qui noverit.
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