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histanai
Greek · ancient
"to stand"
to stand, to cause to stand
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statikos
Greek · ancient
"causing to stand still, weighing"
causing to stand still, weighing, from histanai
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Stage 3 of 4
staticus
New Latin · 1600s
"relating to bodies at rest"
carried into scholarly Latin for the science of bodies at rest
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static
English · 1600s
"not moving, changing, or progressing"
settled as the English word for something not moving or changing
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