The proper noun Constantine comes from the Latin constans (stable, steadfast, standing firm) from the verb consto (cum+sto) from the Greek verb sto (stand, standstill; ίστημι, στάω, στώ).
Con (cum, com) derives from 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 (Romeika)
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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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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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