Etymology of the English word homeostasis
the English word
homeostasisusing the English prefix
homeo-derived from the Latin prefix
homoeo-derived from the Greek prefix
homoio-, ὁμοιο-
derived from the Greek word
homos, ὦμος (same; at the same time; (conjunctionally) notwithstanding, yet still)
derived from the Greek word
omoiosderived from the English word
stasisderived from the New Latin word
stasisderived from the Greek word
stasis, στάσις (a standing (properly, the act); (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy)
derived from the Greek word
histanaiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-Usage
Word found in Modern English
