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Where does “isostaticity” come from?

isostaticity (English) comes from English isostatic, from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל, from German Dackel, from German Dachshund — to sire, beget.

isostaticity (English): The condition of being isostatic

Definitions

  1. The condition of being isostatic

Ancestry of “isostaticity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishisostaticA line of constant stress; A state of equilibrium...
2EnglishISOA disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also...
3Greekίσοςequal; having equal rights
4Ancient Greekἴσοςequal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ...
5Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
6Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
7GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
8GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
9GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
10Old High Germandahs—
11Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
12Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
13Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
14Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
15Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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