Etymograph

English

infostation

From info + station.

A compound of info + station

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

Latin statiō ‘standing’

Latin statiōnem

Anglo-Norman estation

Middle English stacioun ‘station, position’

English station

Today it means

noun A node in a mobile phone network, in an isolated and infrequently used area, that only transmits data when a mobile phone (or similar device) is in range.

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