Where does “geostationary” come from?
Geostationary combines English geo- from Ancient Greek γεω- and Ancient Greek γῆ meaning earth, with stationary from Latin stare and Proto-Indo-European steh₂- meaning to stand.
geostationary (English): At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative...
Definitions
- At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative...
Ancestry of “geostationary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stationary | Not moving; incapable of being moved; unchanging |
| 2 | Latin | stationarius | — |
| 3 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |