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Where does “stabilité” come from?

stabilité (Old French) comes from Latin stabilitas, from Latin stabilis, from Latin stare, from Latin sto, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stabilité (Old French): Alternative form of estabilité

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of estabilité

Ancestry of “stabilité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstabilitasstability, steadiness, immovability
2LatinstabilisThat stands firm; firm, steadfast, steady, sure,...
3Latinstarepresent active infinitive of stō; stand; to be
4LatinstoI stand; I stay, remain; I am
5Proto-Italicstaēōstand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
7Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stabilité”

  • stability
  • metastability
  • bistability
  • photostability
  • thermostability
  • multistability
  • biostability
  • overstability
  • hyperstability
  • nonstability
  • semistability
  • superstability
  • monostability
  • autostability
  • mechanostability
  • hyperthermostability
  • polystability
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