English
anastate
Anastate comes from Ancient Greek στατός ‘placed, standing’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand up’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stísteh₂ti‘to be standing up, to be getting up’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hístāmi‘to stand’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστημι‘to stand’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστατός‘placed, standing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1888anastate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand up’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stísteh₂ti‘to be standing up, to be getting up’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hístāmi‘to stand’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστημι‘to stand’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστατός‘placed, standing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1888anastate
Earliest quotation: 1888, Biology Pamphlets: “if the reproductive elements start with a specific protoplasm…”
Formed from ana- ‘upwards’ + στατός ‘placed, standing’
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand up’
post, rest, stay, stand, constitution, stood, distance, stadium, establishment, contest, establish, stable, instance, destiny, assistance, stability, testimony, stem, destination, instant, substance, distant, prostitution, stud, stool, prostitute, substitution, stationary, stale, distal, extant, stamina, stow, testimonial, stead, destitute, oust, attest, stalwart, astute, 139 more
through Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti ‘to be standing up, to be getting up’
consistent, assistant, assist, resist, insist, consist, persistent, persist, armistice, solstice, desist, subsistence, existentialist, 31 more
through Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi ‘to stand’
metastatic, hydrostatic, 24 more
through Ancient Greek ἵστημι ‘to stand’
Today it means
noun One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- / anastate