English
catastate
Catastate comes from Ancient Greek στατός ‘placed, standing’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-1‘to stand up’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stísteh₂ti2‘to be standing up, to be getting up’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hístāmi2‘to stand’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστημι3‘to stand’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστατός3‘placed, standing’
- Englishtodaycatastate3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἵστημι
- 3 Wiktionary, English catastate
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti‘to stand up’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stísteh₂tiWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἵστημι‘to be standing up, to be getting up’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hístāmiWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἵστημι‘to stand’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστημιWiktionary, English catastate‘to stand’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστατόςWiktionary, English catastate‘placed, standing’
- EnglishtodaycatastateWiktionary, English catastate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand up’
post, rest, stay, stand, distance, constitution, stood, stadium, instance, establishment, contest, establish, stable, destiny, stability, instant, destination, substance, testimony, distant, stem, prostitution, stud, stool, prostitute, substitution, stationary, extant, stamina, stale, distal, stow, testimonial, destitute, stead, oust, attest, stalwart, astute, detest, 137 more
through Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti ‘to be standing up, to be getting up’
assistant, consistent, assistance, assist, resist, insist, consist, persistent, persist, armistice, solstice, desist, subsistence, existentialist, 30 more
through Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi ‘to stand’
metastatic, hydrostatic, 24 more
through Ancient Greek ἵστημι ‘to stand’
Today it means
noun A substance formed by a catabolic process.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “catastate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, Ancient Greek ἵστημι. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- / catastate