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hypostatic.

Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.

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Meaning & usage

adj/haɪpəˈstætɪk/
  1. Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.

  2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.

  3. Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting.

    hypostatic congestion, due to setting of blood by gravitation
  4. Of a gene, affected by hypostasis.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek ὑφίστημι (huphístēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ὑποστατικός (hupostatikós)bor. Latin hypostaticusbor. English hypostatic Borrowed from Latin hypostaticus, from Ancient Greek ὑποστατικός (hupostatikós), from ὑποστατός (hupostatós). Equivalent to hypostasis + -tic.

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