Etymograph

English

stathmos

Stathmos comes from Ancient Greek σταθμός ‘standing place’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-1‘to stand’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂-dʰ-mó-s1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*statʰmós1reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσταθμός2stathmós‘standing place’
  5. Englishtodaystathmos2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σταθμός
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English stathmos

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σταθμός‘to stand’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂-dʰ-mó-sWiktionary, Ancient Greek σταθμόςreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*statʰmósWiktionary, Ancient Greek σταθμόςreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσταθμόςWiktionary, English stathmosstathmós‘standing place’
  5. EnglishtodaystathmosWiktionary, English stathmos

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

system, state, rest, post, stay, stand, distance, constitution, assistant, stood, contest, consistent, assistance, stadium, instance, assist, establish, stable, stem, destiny, resist, stability, instant, destination, substance, testimony, insist, distant, consist, persistent, stud, static, prostitution, persist, stool, prostitute, substitution, stationary, armistice, extant, 157 more

Today it means

noun A day's military march.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stathmos”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek σταθμός. 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- / stathmos

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