myostatin

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστάσις“inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing”
2. Latin · derived fromstatos
3. English todaymyostatin

Perhaps from myo- (“muscle”) + Latin statos, status, sto (“remain, stand, fix, set"”) or Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing”). myo- + -statin?

Words from the same roots