Etymograph

English

stationary

Stationary comes from Latin statio ‘station’, from stō ‘to stand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂éh₁yeti‘to stand’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*staējōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*staēō‘to stand’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō‘to stand’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatio‘station’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstationarius
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1601stationary

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂éh₁yeti‘to stand’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*staējōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*staēō‘to stand’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō‘to stand’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatio‘station’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstationarius
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1601stationary

Earliest quotation: 1601, Caius Plinius Secundus [i.e., [Book II.]: “As also, that then they [the planets] are Stationaries…”

Linked words

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

system, post, state, stay, stand, assistant, stood, assistance, stadium, assist, consistent, contest, stable, stem, resist, constitution, destiny, insist, persistent, testimony, consist, stud, destination, persist, stool, prostitute, prostitution, stale, stead, subsistence, astute, stamina, attest, substitution, desist, stow, solstice, armistice, destitute, detest, 139 more

through Proto-Italic *staējō

instability, 13 more

through Proto-Italic *staēō ‘to stand’

arrest, establishment, establish, stability, instantaneous, distantly, restive, instantiation, 14 more

through Latin stō ‘to stand’

rest, stage, distance, instance, instant, substance, distant, extant, distal, oust, obstetric, 26 more

Today it means

adj Not moving.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- / stationary

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