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Where does “clinostat” come from?

clinostat (English) comes from English -stat, from Ancient Greek στατός, from Ancient Greek ἵστημι, from Proto-Hellenic hístāmi, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

clinostat (English): A rotating device that is used to investigate...

Definitions

  1. A rotating device that is used to investigate...

Ancestry of “clinostat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-statforming nouns naming scientific instruments that...
2Ancient Greekστατόςstanding”, “stationary; placed, standing;...
3Ancient Greekἵστημιto make to stand, to stand, set; to stop, stay,...
4Proto-Hellenichístāmito stand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand
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