'State' is Latin for 'how one stands' — Machiavelli turned it political with Italian 'lo stato.'
The particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time; a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
From Old French 'estat' (condition, position, status; state, government), from Latin 'status' (manner of standing, position, condition, posture), from the past participle of 'stāre' (to stand), from PIE root *steh₂- meaning 'to stand.' The original image is of how one stands — one's posture, position, or condition. The political sense ('the State') developed in Italian during the Renaissance: Machiavelli's 'lo stato' in The Prince (1513) was
The words 'state,' 'estate,' and 'status' are all triplets from the same Latin word 'status' — 'status' was borrowed directly from Latin, 'state' came through Old French with the initial 'e' dropped, and 'estate' came through Old French with the 'e' preserved. Three words, one origin, three different English lives.