stat

stands

Quick Summary

The Latin root stat and its variant stit mean “stand.” This Latin root is the word origin of a large number of English vocabulary words, including state, statue, constitution and superstition. The root stat is easily recalled via the word stationary or “standing” still, whereas stit can be recalled via institute, to make something like an organization “stand” by creating it.

"Stat" Stands at the Ready!

The Latin root stat and variant stit mean “stand.” Today we will put you in a state of readiness, enabling you to “stand” prepared when the roots stat and stit make an appearance!

What is your station in life, that is, where do you “stand?” Is your status or “standing” in society high, low, or in the middle? Is your physical stature such that you “stand” tall above others? Is your societal “standing” so high that one day a statue, or image that “stands” erect, will be made so that others can remember that you once “stood” so tall? Imagine such a permanent statement of how things “stand” for you!

What is your current state of health, that is, where does it “stand?” Are you so healthy that you are ecstatic, “standing” outside of normal feelings so as to be very happy? Or are you forced to remain stationary, unable to move but only “stand” still? If your health is not so good, hopefully a doctor is not too distant or “standing” far away to take care of you!

A variant of the root stat is stit, formed so because a word with stit is sometimes easier to say than a word with stat. For instance, it is much easier to say “constitution” than “constatution,” and better to say “superstition” than “superstation”! Speaking of the former, a person’s constitution is how the well-being of her body “stands,” that is, how well her immune system keeps her healthy. A nation’s constitution, such as the US Constitution, is the setting forth of how a nation will “stand” as to its laws and structure of its government. A nation’s constitution helps to keep the nation and its people from becoming destitute, or “standing” from being in good shape, including financially. And if indeed something bad does happen, the written constitution hopefully provides restitution so that the nation or individual can “stand” strong again. Superstition is a “standing” above the belief in normal, everyday, tangible things, and instead having a belief in the reality of supernatural powers, not the basis of a good government.

Now that we have instituted the roots stat and stit as part of your roots knowledge, you will no longer misstate the meanings of words with those roots in them!

  1. station: one’s “standing” or place where one “stands”
  2. status: one’s “standing” socially
  3. stature: how tall one “stands,” or one’s societal “standing”
  4. statue: a “standing” image
  5. statement: saying how something “stands”
  6. state: where something “stands”
  7. ecstatic: a “standing” outside of normal feelings
  8. stationary: a “standing” still
  9. distant: a “standing” far from
  10. constitution: condition of how something “stands” together
  11. constitution: a document that delineates how a nation will “stand” as to its structure and laws
  12. destitute: a “standing” from financial health
  13. superstition: of “standing” above belief in everyday things
  14. institute: to make “stand”
  15. misstate: to say how something “stands” incorrectly

Usage

  • statutory

    Something that is statutory is created and controlled by rules and laws; hence, it is legally punishable if violated.

  • apostate

    An apostate has abandoned their religious faith, political party, or devotional cause.

  • ecstatic

    When you are ecstatic about something, you are overjoyed or extremely happy about it.

  • reinstate

    When you reinstate someone, you give back their job or position that they lost; this word also refers to restoring to use something that was no longer being used.

  • staid

    If you are staid, you are set in your ways; consequently, you are settled, serious, law-abiding, conservative, and traditional—and perhaps even a tad dull.

  • stature

    Your stature in society is your standing; it is how society views your level of importance relative to your position in life or your character.

  • obstacle

    An obstacle is something that gets in your way or stops you from doing something.

  • stationary

    When something is stationary, it is still, fixed, or not moving at all.

  • substitute

    A substitute is one person or thing that takes the place of another person or thing for a short period of time.

  • contrast

    A contrast between two things is a comparison of them by showing how they are different from one another.

  • state

    The state of something is how it stands, what shape it is in, or how it is right now.

  • statement

    A statement is something that someone says or writes, often to give information of some kind to other people.

  • unstable

    If something is unstable, such as a shaky building or unsteady situation, it is not strong or fixed but can change suddenly for the worse or fail because it has problems of some kind.

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