Etymology

nonelectrostatic

Today it means: Not electrostatic. Full definition →

English electrostatic ← Latin staticus ← Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Frenchélectro-
  15. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  16. Latinēlectrum
  17. Latinelectro-
  18. Englishelectro-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  21. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  22. Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
  23. Ancient Greekστᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
  24. Latinstaticus
  25. Englishstatic
  26. Englishelectrostatic
  27. English todaynonelectrostatic

From non- + electrostatic.

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