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Appendix:Variations of "stat" English Etymology en ine-pro *steh₂- The terminal element in certain names of scientific instruments, employed on the analogy of early coinages from other languages, namely en heliostat (from the la-new hēliostata, itself apparently representing an assumed Ancient Greek etymon of the form *grc ἡλιοστάτης, from grc ἥλιος sun + grc -στάτης, the latter an agent-nominal suffix from the aorist active participial stem (the grc στα- root) of grc ἵστημι to cause to stand”, “to set), en siderostat (from the la sīdus, la sīder- star + the grc -στάτης), and en aerostat (from the fr aérostat, itself a back-formation from fr aérostatique (formed after fr hydrostatique), formed on the analogy of fr héliostat); later coinages have been formed on the analogy of en heliostat, apparently with some reference to the Ancient Greek grc στατός standing”, “stationary. See also en clinostat, en hydrostat, and en thermostat. Pronunciation en /stat/ UK en /stæt/ US Suffix s Used to form nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render the prefixed element stationary or static in some respect. en pharmaceutical drug Used to form names of enzyme inhibitors. Derived terms en Translations French: fr -stat m Polish: pl -stat Spanish: es -stato m References “-stat” on page 849/2–3 of § 2 (St, ed. Henry Bradley) of part i (Si–St) of volume IX (Si–Th, 1919) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.) “-stat” in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989) Anagrams en astt Tats Tsat TATs tast tats atts French Etymology From fr grc στατός stable. Suffix m en -stat Derived terms fr Polish Etymology pl -static pl; compare en -stat. Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf--stat.wav Suffix pl suffix m-in -stat pl aero- aerostat Declension Derived terms pl See also pl -mierz, pl -metr Further reading