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− It is a shortened form of the earlier [[statical]] (1560s–1570),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from New Latin staticus, statica,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Greek [[m|grc|στατικός|tr=statikós|t=causing to stand, skilled in weighing]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from statós, the verbal stem of [[m|grc|ἱστάναι|tr=histánai|t=to make stand, place in the balance, weigh]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from PIE *sta-, to stand (see [[stand]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)