English
acrostatic
From acro- + static.
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
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Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi ‘to stand’
Ancient Greek ἵστημι ‘to make stand’
Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός ‘causing to stand, coming to a standstill, rest’
Latin staticus
English static
Today it means
adj In Proto-Indo-European athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / acrostatic