Etymology

stabile

sta·bile
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Today it means: abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc. Full definition →

Latin stabilis
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stabile · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromstabilis“firmly fixed or established”
  2. English todaystabile

Coined by German-French artist Jean Arp in 1932 from Latin stabilis (“firmly fixed or established”) to describe the stationary works of Alexander Calder as opposed to his better known mobiles.

Stabile · proper noun2

  1. Italian · borrowed fromStabile
  2. English todayStabile

Borrowed from Italian Stabile.

Words from the same roots

Latinstabilis all →

stable

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