English

lithostatic

From litho- + static.

A compound of litho- + static

Ancient Greek λῐ́θος ‘a stone’

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’

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Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi ‘to stand’

Ancient Greek ἵστημι ‘to make stand’

Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός ‘causing to stand, coming to a standstill, rest’

Latin staticus

Today it means

adj Describing the static pressure maintained by a weight of rock; geostatic.

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

Etymograph / lithostatic