Etymograph

English

statocyst

From stato- + cyst.

Formed from stato- + cyst

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

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂tós ‘placed, standing’

Proto-Hellenic *statós

Ancient Greek στατός ‘standing’

English stato-

Ancient Greek κύστις ‘anatomical sac’

Late Latin cystis

English cyst

Today it means

noun An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance).

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Etymograph / statocyst