Etymology of the English word metastasize
the English word
metastasizederived from the English word
metastasisderived from the Late Latin word
metastasis (metastasis)
derived from the Greek word
metastasis, μετάστασις
using the Greek prefix
meta-, μετα-
derived from the Greek word
meta, μετὰ, μετά (after)
derived from the Greek word
istemiderived from the Greek word
methistanaiderived from the Greek word
histanaiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-using the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
Usage
Word found in Modern English
