Where does “stationary” come from?
Stationary comes from Latin stationarius, derived from Latin statio, which comes from Latin stare meaning to stand, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-.
stationary (English): Not moving; incapable of being moved; unchanging
Definitions
- Not moving; incapable of being moved; unchanging
Ancestry of “stationary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | stationarius | — |
| 2 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “stationary”
- stator
- stationarity
- nonstationary
- geostationary
- nonstationarity
- quasistationary
- stationariness
- cyclostationary
- photostationary
- nongeostationary
- stationarily
- semistationary
- quasistationarity
- non-stationary
- hydrostationary
- stationary distribution
- areostationary
- unstationary
- cyclostationarity
- nonquasistationary
- rotorstator