Etymology of Constantine

Etymology of Constantine

The proper noun Constantine comes from the Latin constans (stable, steadfast, standing firm) from the verb constare from the common root sta- (stand, standstill; ίστημι, στάω, στώ) and
con (cum, com) related to the Greek syn (with; συν).

From the same route.

English: Constantinople [Constantinou polis: Constantine's city], constant, constancy, constantly, stable, stand, status, station, state, stance, stater, stationery, stasis, statical, rest, statistic, statue, statuary, stead, stature, substitute, stow, circumstance, institut, constitution, stay, steady, understand

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French: stable, stabilite, stabulation, constance, etat, statere, station, stationner, stasimon, statique, stase, rester, statistique, statue, statuer, ester, stature, statut, constant, substituer

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Italian: stabile, stabilita, staibilazione, constare, stato, statere, statione,stanza, stasi, statico, restare, statistico, statua, statuario, statura, statuto

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Spanish: estable, estabilidad, estabilacion, estado, estandia, constancia, estater, estacion, estancia, estasis, estatico, estadistica, estatua, estar, estatura, substituir

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German: stabil, Stabilitat, Staat, konstant, Stater, Station, stationieren, stauen, Stand, Stanze, statisch, stationar, Rest, Statistik, Statue, Statur, Statut, Stadt, Statt, stehen, verstehen

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In modern Greek:

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a) Constantinos: Constantine [Κωνσταντίνος]

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b) Constantinupolis: Constantinople [Κωνσταντινούπολη]

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c) stasi: station, stand, posture, stop [Στάση]

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d) statheros: stable [Σταθερός]

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e) stathmi: level [Στάθμη]

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f) istos: tissue (histos - see histology) [Ιστός]

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g) staticos: static [Στατικός]

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h) statistici: statistics [Στατιστική]

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i) stathmos: station [Σταθμός]

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OED

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Other words in modern Greek (Romeika)

There are many other words from the same root.

Some of them in Greek are:

(από-, κατά-, διά-, παρά-, περί-, από- κλ)σταση,

στήλη,

στηλιτεύω,

στήθος,

στάδιο,

στατήρας,

σταυρός,

διάστημα,

επιστάτης,

(παρα-, απο-)στάτης,

επαναστάτης,

ιστίο,

(ανά-, ακατά-, αδιά-, ανυπό-)στατος,

περίστατος,

αναντικατάστατος,

στατικός,

ασταθής,

στήμα,

συστάδην,

στήσιμο,

στασίδι,

εικονοστάσι,

στάνη,

σταματάω,

αναστατώνω κλ

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Το όνομα Constantine (Κωνσταντίνος) προέρχεται από το Λατινικό constans (σταθερός) από το ρήμα constare, σύνθετη λέξη από το συν και την ρίζα στά-.

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