Where does “microinstability” come from?
microinstability (English) comes from English instability, from Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas, from Latin instabilis, from Latin stabilis, from Latin stare, from Latin sto, from Proto-Italic staēō.
microinstability (English): A very small instability
Definitions
- A very small instability
Ancestry of “microinstability”, step by step
microinstability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English instability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | instability | The quality of being unstable; A state that is... |
| 2 | Middle French | instabilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | instabilitas | unsteadiness, instability |
| 4 | Latin | instabilis | unsteady, unstable, shaky; inconstant,... |
| 5 | Latin | stabilis | That stands firm; firm, steadfast, steady, sure,... |
| 6 | Latin | stare | present active infinitive of stō; stand; to be |
| 7 | Latin | sto | I stand; I stay, remain; I am |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |