The root sta/sti/sist can be found in a number of words, such as:
constitution/constituent
station (the condition of one's place or holding)
resist (as to stand back or against something)
statute
statue
state/statement
status
circumstance
statutory
substitute (below a position)
obstinate (away from a position)
thermostat (holding the heat in at certain place/temperature)
Other variants include: stet, style, stare (as in stare decisi, in which a decision holds its place in court), and start
Coming from the PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing"
Cognates/Cousins of the root include:
Sanskrit tisthati "stands;"
Avestan histaiti "to stand;"
Persian -stan "country," literally "where one stands;"
Greek histemi "put, place, cause to stand; weigh," stasis "a standing still," statos "placed," stater "a weight, coin," stylos "pillar;"
Latin sistere "stand still, stop, make stand, place, produce in court," status "manner, position, condition, attitude," stare "to stand," statio "station, post;"
Lithuanian stojus "place myself," statau "place;"
Old Church Slavonicstaja "place myself," stanu "position;"
Gothic standan,
Old English standan "to stand," stede "place," steall "place where cattle are kept;"
Old Norse steði "anvil," stallr "pedestal for idols, altar;"
German Stall "a stable;"
Old Irish sessam "the act of standing").
constitution/constituent
station (the condition of one's place or holding)
resist (as to stand back or against something)
statute
statue
state/statement
status
circumstance
statutory
substitute (below a position)
obstinate (away from a position)
thermostat (holding the heat in at certain place/temperature)
Other variants include: stet, style, stare (as in stare decisi, in which a decision holds its place in court), and start
Coming from the PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing"
Cognates/Cousins of the root include:
Sanskrit tisthati "stands;"
Avestan histaiti "to stand;"
Persian -stan "country," literally "where one stands;"
Greek histemi "put, place, cause to stand; weigh," stasis "a standing still," statos "placed," stater "a weight, coin," stylos "pillar;"
Latin sistere "stand still, stop, make stand, place, produce in court," status "manner, position, condition, attitude," stare "to stand," statio "station, post;"
Lithuanian stojus "place myself," statau "place;"
Old Church Slavonicstaja "place myself," stanu "position;"
Gothic standan,
Old English standan "to stand," stede "place," steall "place where cattle are kept;"
Old Norse steði "anvil," stallr "pedestal for idols, altar;"
German Stall "a stable;"
Old Irish sessam "the act of standing").
Even the Sanskrit word asana fits into this category , as it is once's physical or mental stance or position in the art and science of Yoga.
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