Etymology of the English word rheostat
the English word
rheostatusing the English suffix
-statusing the English prefix
rheo-derived from the Greek word
rheos, ῥέος
derived from the Greek word
rhein, ῥεῖν
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sreu-derived from the Greek word
rheo, ῥεω, ῥέω
Usage
Word found in Modern English
