English

halostable

From halo- + stable.

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Proto-Italic *staðlom ‘place’

Latin stabulum ‘stable, dwelling’

Anglo-Norman estable ‘stable’

Middle English stable ‘stable (building)’

Today it means

adj Stable in a saline environment.

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

Etymograph / halostable