Etymology

monostable

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Today it means: Having more than one state, only one of which is stable. Full definition →

English stable ← Middle English stable ← Anglo-Norman stabe
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Latinstabili
  5. Old Frenchestable
  6. Anglo-Normanstabe
  7. Middle Englishstable
  8. Englishstable
  9. English todaymonostable

From mono- + stable.

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