statelet

statelet

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Italic *status
Latin statuslbor.
Old French estatbor.
Middle English stat
English state
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -ellus
Old French -el
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Old French -et
Old French -eletbor.
Middle English -let
English -let
English statelet

    From state + -let.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsteɪtlɪt/

    Noun

    statelet (plural statelets)

    1. (sometimes derogatory) A very small nation-state, or a region that acts like a nation-state
      • 2009 January 14, Steven Erlanger, Michael Slackman, “Israel Says Hamas Is Damaged, Not Destroyed”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Egypt talks to Hamas but is not eager to see the radical Islamic group succeed in running a small statelet next door.
      • 2018, Oliver Bullough, chapter 12, in Moneyland, →ISBN, page 182:
        In 2014, the European statelet of Liechtenstein followed the Swiss lead and returned $227 million that had been stolen by [Sani] Abacha's son […]
      • 2021 February 2, Mike Nesbitt, “Divisive Border poll is no recipe for unity”, in The Irish Times‎[2]:
        Ms McDonald’s party has long argued that Northern Ireland is not working – a “failed statelet” being their chosen description.
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