metastatic

The story

1. Koine Greek · derived fromμεταστατικός
2. French · borrowed frommétastatique
3. English todaymetastatic

From French métastatique, from méta- + statique, as an adjective corresponding to métastase (“metastasis”), perhaps after Koine Greek μεταστατικός (metastatikós). By surface analysis, meta- + static.