Proto-Hellenic

*hístāmi

‘to stand’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi.

31 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi, most familiar first.

• system ← sisteme ← systēma ← σύστημα ← σῠνίστημῐ
• static ← staticus ← στᾰτῐκός ← ἵστημι
• metastatic ← métastatique ← statique ← métastase ← metastase
• histone ← Histon ← ἵστημι
• hydrostatic ← static ← staticus ← στᾰτῐκός ← ἵστημι
• stater ← στατήρ ← ἵστημι
• hydrolase ← diastase ← δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς ← δῐῐ̈́στημῐ ← ῐ̔́στημῐ
• lactamase ← diastase ← δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς ← δῐῐ̈́στημῐ ← ῐ̔́στημῐ
• antistatic ← static ← staticus ← στᾰτῐκός ← ἵστημι
• hypostatic ← hypostaticus ← ὑποστατικός ← ὑπόστασις ← ὑφίστημι
• diastema ← διάστημα ← στῆναι ← ἵστημι
• astatine ← ἄστατος ← ῐ̔́στημῐ

More words from *hístāmi

• anastasis
• statice
• statical
• diastase
• allantoinase
• alcoholase
• anastate
• apocatastasis
• catastate
• disaccharidase
• katastematic
• lactonase
• phosphatidase
• polysaccharase
• polysaccharidase
• protostates
• psychostasia
• staticity
• transhydrogenase

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi