statice

English

noun

Definitions

Plants of the genus Limonium having spikes of white or mauve flowers.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin staticē derived from Ancient Greek στατικός (standing still, steady).

Origin

Ancient Greek

στατικός

Gloss

standing still, steady

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

acrostatic English
staticus Latin
staticē Latin
στατικός Ancient Greek
ἵστημι Ancient Greek
*steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
estàtic Catalan, Valencian

acrostatic