the proto-word #Sta-

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The proto-word |*Sta-| ("to Stand, Set down, make or be Firm") is implied by ancient words that mean "|Place, Position, Post (|Timber Set |Upright), Station, Attitude, Condition, Manner, Produce in Court, |Stop, Standstill, Pillar, Weigh, Put, Country"; 

and is a root of the place-names "Afghanistan, Hindustan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan," the names "|Anastasia, Taurus," the words "Apostasy, Apostate, Armistice, |Arrest, Assist, Bedstead, Circumstance, Consist, |Constable, Constant, Constitute, |Contrast, Cost, |Desist, 

"Destination, Destine, |Destitute, Distance, Distant, Ecstasy, |Epistemology, Establish, |Estate, Existence, Insist, Instant, |Institute, |Metastasis, Obstacle, |Obstinate, |Oust, Persist, Press (Force into Service), |Presto, |Prostate, |Prostitute, Resist, 

"Rest (be Left, Remain), |Restitution, Restore, |Solstice, Stable (Secure against Falling, Building for Domestic Animals), Stage, |Stalwart, |Stamen, Stance, Standard, |Stanza, |Starboard, |Stasis, |Stat, State (Circumstances, Conditions), Statistics, |Statue, |Stature, Status, 

"|Statute, Staunch (Strong, Substantial), |Stay (Come to a |Halt, Remain in |Place; Strong Rope Supporting a Ship's |Mast), Stead, |Steed, Steer (Male Beef Cattle; Guide the Course of a Vehicle), |Stem (|Trunk of a Plant), Stern (|Hind Part of a Ship), Stoic, |Stool, Store, 

"|Stow, |Stud (Nailhead, |Knob; Horse Kept for Breeding), |Subsist, Substance, Substitute, Substitution, |Superstition, System, Understand," the prefix "|Histo-," the suffixes "-stan, -|stat."

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... and argh! the 'searching for each of the words to see if I've already "done an entry for them," and then hyperlinking the ones I've done' ... it makes me miss the Windows blogging-software I used to have that I could set up to auto-link certain words as I typed them in. 

Granted, that did mean I'd have type in 'a certain tense' of the word and then -change the tense in a tricky way (so as to retain the hyperlink); but I might've finished this post a half-second faster! ... oh well 😑

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