Etymology

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Today it means: Unchanging; that cannot or does not change. Full definition →

Latin staticus ← Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  4. Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
  5. Ancient Greekστᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
  6. Latinstaticus
  7. English todaystatic

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekστατικός all →

statice

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