Where does “biostazie” come from?
biostazie (Romanian) comes from French biostasie, from French stasie, from English statie, from Dutch station, from French station, from Old French estation, from Latin statiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
biostazie (Romanian): biostasis
Definitions
- biostasis
Ancestry of “biostazie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | biostasie | biostasis |
| 2 | French | stasie | stasis |
| 3 | English | statie | A state trooper |
| 4 | Dutch | station | station (place for vehicles to stop) |
| 5 | French | station | station |
| 6 | Old French | estation | garrison; pause; break; visit to a church for... |
| 7 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |