The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστῦλος“pillar”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμόνιμος“fixed in place”
- English todaymonimostyly
From Ancient Greek μόνιμος (mónimos, “fixed in place”) + -styly, from Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμόνιμος all →
monimolimnionmonimolite
Ancient Greekστῦλος all →
stylodististyluspygostylestelocyttarous-stylestylitestylometer-styly
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.