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Where does “antimetastasis” come from?

antimetastasis (English) comes from English metastasis, from Ancient Greek μετάστασις, from Ancient Greek μεθίστημι, from Ancient Greek ἵστημι, from Proto-Hellenic hístāmi, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

antimetastasis (English): That inhibits metastasis

Definitions

  1. That inhibits metastasis

Ancestry of “antimetastasis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetastasisA change in nature, form, or quality; The...
2Ancient Greekμετάστασιςremoving, removal; shifting of blame; removal,...
3Ancient Greekμεθίστημιto alter, change; to replace, exchange; to come...
4Ancient Greekἵστημιto make to stand, to stand, set; to stop, stay,...
5Proto-Hellenichístāmito stand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand
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