statelessness

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Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
Proto-Italic *status
Latin statuslbor.
Old French estatbor.
Middle English stat
English state
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English stateless
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-der.
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English statelessness

    From stateless + -ness.

    Noun

    statelessness (uncountable)

    1. The property of being stateless.
      • 2021 December 15, Geneva Sands, “US promises to define ‘statelessness,’ a first for the federal government”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 4 November 2022:
        There are populations all over the world at risk of statelessness. For example, some Kurds from Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon might be stateless and children of Syrian refugees at risk of statelessness, because several destination countries do not grant birthright citizenship.

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