stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist

(Latin: standing, to stay, to make firm, fixed; cause to stand, to put, to place, to put in place; to stand still)

abstistic (adjective)
A reference to all conversation, writing, and argument that bases itself on theoretical principles, positions, political persuasions, on statistics devoid of the heart, voice, or poetry, or ideology rather than experience: "The essay was an abstistic model of heartless ideology and statistics."

"The word abstistic comes from abstract, meaning 'disembodied, divorced from being perceived by the senses or the mind or being handled or touched or felt' + statistic, 'facts that describe a situation'."

aerostat [aero (nautical) + sat (ellite)]
1. A dirigible, balloon, or other aircraft that is lifted and sustained by virtue of one or more containers filled with a gas lighter than air.
2. Any of a proposed system of satellites for use in air traffic control and maritime navigation.
3. In biology, an air sac in an insect body or in the bones of a birds.
aerostatic
Relating to air and other gases in equilibrium.
aerostatics
1. The branch of aeromechanics that deals with the equilibrium of air or other gases, and with the equilibrium of solid bodies; such as, aerostats, floating in air, or other gases.
2. The science of aircraft that are lighter than air; for example, dirigibles and balloons.
amyostasia
ananastasia
anastasis
A recovery or convalescence from a debilitating medical condition; such as, irradiation of human tissue.
antidisestablishmentarian
Properly, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England. Popularly cited as an example of a long word.
antidisestablishmentarianism
antiestablishmentarianism
apostasy
armistice
arrest
arrester
arteriostasis

Related word families intertwined with "to place, placing, to put; to add; to stay; to attach" word units: fix-; pon-; prosth-; the-, thes-.