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Where does “nonstability” come from?

nonstability (English) comes from English stability, from Old French stabilité, from Latin stabilitas, from Latin stabilis, from Latin stare, from Latin sto, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.

nonstability (English): Absence of stability

Definitions

  1. Absence of stability

Ancestry of “nonstability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstabilityThe condition of being stable or in equilibrium,...
2Old FrenchstabilitéAlternative form of estabilité
3Latinstabilitasstability, steadiness, immovability
4LatinstabilisThat stands firm; firm, steadfast, steady, sure,...
5Latinstarepresent active infinitive of stō; stand; to be
6LatinstoI stand; I stay, remain; I am
7Proto-Italicstaēōstand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
9Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →