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- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
- Proto-Italic*kʷis
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
- Proto-Italic*kʷoi
- Latinquam
- Proto-Indo-European*só
- Proto-Italic*sei
- Latinsī
- Latinquasī̆
- Englishquasi-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
- Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
- Ancient Greekστᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
- Latinstaticus
- Englishstatic
- Englishhydrostatic
- English todayquasihydrostatic
From quasi- + hydrostatic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.