What are the origins of the word "stat"?
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It derives from the latin word "statim" which means "immediately".
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a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.\n\nIt comes from Latin - quaerere 'ask,seek'- through Old French then Middle English.
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The phrase means to die.  It comes from the following:  The wooden frame that slaughtered animals were hung from is known as a bucket. The death spasms of the animals caused them to kick the bucket. \n\nI refer to the site below for all of my phrase origin needs.
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It's Latin for "Who is like God?" or "Who is like unto God?" Here's another Latin phrase for you: "Deus lo volt." That means "God wills it." That's what the knights shouted before the Crusades. Just thought it would be interesting.
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From ******, which is a deritive of **********.  Its also latin for *******************  *****.
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Physics comes from the ancient Greek word "Φύση" that means nature in English. It is the science that tries to explain the nature.
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The first means something like "woah."\n\nCheck out the following link, which provides a helpful little cheatsheet.
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Statim (Latin: Immediately [medical])
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My guess is that the saying evolved from the expression "Holy Lord!" or "Holy God!".  Over time, language has become more coarse and somebody felt like tossing in the ol' S-word instead of "God" and it stuck.
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The "Angle"?? I'll assume that you don't mean the mathematical sort of angle, but the Anglo-Saxon sort of Angle! \n\nSo ... as 'Angle' means an English person, and therefore a HUMAN (NO ARGUMENTS ON THAT SCORE PLEASE!!!!!) They obviously came into existence at the same time...! \n\nHowever ... they were NOT 'created' - and there is NO god!! (Stick THAT up your pipe & smoke it! ; )
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A greek letter..... it can mean population standard deviation. Not sure of other meanings.
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It is an idiom intended to mean "be careful, pay attention to detail"  it has morphed, in recent times, to mean many other things including "be polite".\n\nThere are several theories about it's origin, but the one I believe makes the most sense is - mind your Pints and Quarts.  Meaning to keep track of what you order in a pup so you are not over charged.
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The Romans used the V to mean U. "REGNVM AVGVSTINVS" means regnum Augustinus" or the reign of Augustine" for example. From there, it was a simple duplication of the V symbol to get W.
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While "stat" actually has many definitions, in medical terminology it is an abbreviation of a Latin word "statim", which means "immediately".
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STAT: Medical term used to imply urgent or rush. It may appear in lower case letters as stat or in capital letters as STAT, as in "Treatment may include STAT surgery." The term is derived from the Latin word "statim" which means immediately.
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1sore \nPronunciation:'sor\nFunction:adjective\nInflected Form(s):sor·er; sor·est\nEtymology:Middle English sor, from Old English sAr; akin to Old High German sEr sore and probably to Old Irish saeth distress\n1 a : causing pain or distress <a sore subject> b : painfully sensitive : TENDER <sore muscles> c : hurt or inflamed so as to be or seem painful <sore runny eyes> <a dog limping on a sore leg>\n2 : attended by difficulties, hardship, or exertion\n3 : ANGRY, IRKED <a sore loser> \n- sore·ness noun
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Because it was originally the abbreviation for the Italian word for number, "numero".  It spread to the English speaking world from there.