-stat
English
Etymology
The terminal element in certain names of scientific instruments, employed on the analogy of early coinages from other languages, namely heliostat (from the New Latin hēliostata, itself apparently representing an assumed Ancient Greek etymon of the form *ἡλιοστάτης (hēliostátēs), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + -στάτης (-státēs), the latter an agent-nominal suffix from the aorist active participial stem (the στα- (sta-) root) of ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to cause to stand”, “to set”)), siderostat (from the Latin sīdus, star + the Ancient Greek -στάτης (-státēs)), and aerostat (from the French aérostat, itself a back-formation from aérostatique (formed after hydrostatique), formed on the analogy of héliostat); later coinages have been formed on the analogy of heliostat, apparently with some reference to the Ancient Greek στατός (statós, “standing”, “stationary”). See also clinostat, hydrostat, and thermostat.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-stat (noun-forming suffix, plural -stats)
- Used to form nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render the prefixed element stationary or static in some respect.
- (pharmacology) Used to form names of enzyme inhibitors.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “-stat” on page 849/2–3 of § 2 (St, ed. Henry Bradley) of part i (Si–St) of volume IX (Si–Th, 1919) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
- “-stat” in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στατός (statós, “stable”).
Suffix
-stat m (noun-forming suffix, plural -stats)
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English -stat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stat/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: -stat
Suffix
-stat m inan
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -stat | -staty |
| genitive | -statu | -statów |
| dative | -statowi | -statom |
| accusative | -stat | -staty |
| instrumental | -statem | -statami |
| locative | -stacie | -statach |
| vocative | -stacie | -staty |
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- English noun-forming suffixes
- English countable nouns
- en:Pharmaceutical drugs
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French noun-forming suffixes
- French countable suffixes
- French masculine suffixes
- Polish internationalisms
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/at
- Rhymes:Polish/at/1 syllable
- Polish lemmas
- Polish suffixes
- Polish masculine suffixes
- Polish inanimate suffixes
- Polish hard masculine inanimate nouns