English

glucostasis

From gluco- + stasis.

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

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

Today it means

noun The maintenance of a more-or-less constant level of glucose in the body

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / glucostasis