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Where does “ῐ̔́στημῐ” come from?

ῐ̔́στημῐ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic hístāmi, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

ῐ̔́στημῐ (Ancient Greek): to make to stand, to stand, set; to stop, stay,...

Definitions

  1. to make to stand, to stand, set; to stop, stay,...

Ancestry of “ῐ̔́στημῐ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenichístāmito stand
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “ῐ̔́στημῐ”

  • system
  • systems
  • X
  • ex
  • systemic
  • metric
  • ecosystem
  • prostate
  • ecstasy
  • epistemological
  • epistemic
  • epistemology
  • XXX
  • metastasis
  • histone
  • apostasy
  • apostate
  • Orestes
  • prostatic
  • prostatectomy
  • systemically
  • photosystem
  • epistemically
  • episteme
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