Where does “hemostasis” come from?

Hemostasis derives from Ancient Greek αἱμόστασις, combining haima (blood) with στάσις stasis, from Proto-Hellenic státis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-, meaning to stand or cause to stand.

hemostasis (English): The process of keeping blood inside a damaged...

Definitions

  1. The process of keeping blood inside a damaged...

Ancestry of “hemostasis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstasisA slackening or arrest of the blood current, due...
2New Latinstasis
3Ancient Greekστάσιςa standing, placing, setting; party, company,...
4Proto-Hellenicstátisstanding
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

Words derived from “hemostasis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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