Etymograph

English

hydrostable

From hydro- + stable.

Formed from hydro- + stable

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

English hydro-

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)’

English stable

Today it means

adj stable in the presence of water

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

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