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		gigiggufh on June 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Bathyscaph Trieste: Technological and Operatio... Fluid is a Latin root, so why not "fluidostat" on the model of "aerostat"?

4gotunameagain on June 29, 2023 [–]

because -stat is a Greek root.

merriam-webster

   borrowed from French aérostat, probably back-formation from aérostatique "of aerostatics," with -stat (after héliostat heliostat) taken as the Greek agentive element -statēs "one who causes to stand" — more at -stat

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