English
halosteric
Halosteric comes from Ancient Greek στερεός ‘solid’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘strong’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ster-‘strong’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστερεός‘solid’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990halosteric
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ster-‘strong’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστερεός‘solid’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990halosteric
Earliest quotation: 1990, H. Frank Eden: “Since there is no major source of new salt…”
Formed from halo- + στερεός ‘solid’ + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’
Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’
English halo-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘strong’
still, start, street, strength, strongly, stronger, strongest, straw, stare, throttle, torpedo, starve, stern, strenuous, sterile, sterility, 16 more
through Ancient Greek στερεός ‘solid’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to changes in salinity of seawater.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ster- / halosteric