Etymology

quasistatic

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Today it means: Happening so slowly as to appear to be static Full definition →

English static ← Latin staticus ← Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  7. Latinquam
  8. Proto-Indo-European*só
  9. Proto-Italic*sei
  10. Latinsī
  11. Latinquasī̆
  12. Englishquasi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  15. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  16. Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
  17. Ancient Greekστᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
  18. Latinstaticus
  19. Englishstatic
  20. English todayquasistatic

From quasi- + static.

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