- -stat
[-stat 词源字典]
- word-forming element used in making names of devices for stabilizing or regulating (such as thermostat), from Greek statos "standing, stationary," from PIE *ste-to-, suffixed form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). First used in heliostat "an instrument for causing the sun to appear stationary" (1742).[-stat etymology, -stat origin, 英语词源]