English
enterostasis
From entero- + stasis.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inside, within’
Ancient Greek ἔντερον ‘intestine’
English entero-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’
Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis ‘standing, position’
Proto-Hellenic *státis ‘standing’
Ancient Greek στάσις ‘standing stone, pillar’
New Latin stasis
English stasis
Today it means
noun Intestinal stasis; the stoppage of the food in its passage through the intestine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / enterostasis