The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστῦλος“pillar”
- Latin · derived fromdistare“to stand apart”
- English todaydististylus
From disti-, from Latin distare (“to stand apart”) + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”). By surface analysis, disti- + -style + Latin -us.
Words from the same roots
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