pou sto
/ˌpuː ˈstəʊ/noun
A place on which to stand, a standing place; (figurative ) a basis of operation.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849), novelist and educationist. From Hellenistic Greek ποῦ στῶ ‘where I may stand’; from the saying attributed to Archimedes, δός μοι ποῦ στῶ, καὶ κινῶ τὴν γῆν ‘give me (a place) where I may stand, and I will move the earth’.
- personkind
- personless
- personnel
- personnel car
- personnel carrier
- personnel department
- personnel transfer capsule
- personnelwise
- person-object
- person of colour
- personological
- personologist
- personology
- person-oriented
- person perception
- personpower
- personship
- person-to-person
- personëity
- persorption
- persp.
- persp
- perspection
- perspectival
- perspective