Stasis
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mid 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek, literally ‘standing, stoppage’, from sta- base of histanai ‘to stand’.
wiktionary
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek στάσις(stásis). See the doublet stead.
etymonline
stasis (n.)
"stoppage of circulation," 1745, from medical Latin, from Greek stasis "a standing still, a standing; the posture of standing; a position, a point of the compass; position, state, or condition of anything;" also "a party, a company, a sect," especially one for seditious purposes; related to statos "placed," verbal adjective of histēmi "cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm."
