Etymograph

English

statary

Statary comes from Latin statarius ‘standing fast’, and goes back to stare.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstare1‘to stand’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatarius1‘standing fast’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1650statary1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English statary
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “The set and statary times of paring of nails…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstareWiktionary, English statary‘to stand’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatariusWiktionary, English statary‘standing fast’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1650stataryWiktionary, English statary. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “The set and statary times of paring of nails…”

Linked words

through Latin stare ‘to stand’

stable, stance, superstition, 2 more

Today it means

adj Fixed; settled.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “statary”. 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.

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