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Where does “criostato” come from?

criostato (Italian) comes from Italian -stato, from Ancient Greek στατός, from Ancient Greek ἵστημι, from Proto-Hellenic hístāmi, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

criostato (Italian): cryostat

Definitions

  1. cryostat

Ancestry of “criostato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-stato—
2Ancient Greekστατόςstanding”, “stationary; placed, standing;...
3Ancient Greekἵστημιto make to stand, to stand, set; to stop, stay,...
4Proto-Hellenichístāmito stand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand
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