Etymology

abasia

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Today it means: An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination. Full definition →

New Latin a- ← Ancient Greek βάσις
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The story

  1. New Latin · borrowed from-ia“pathological condition”
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromβάσις“step”
  3. New Latin · borrowed froma-“without”
  4. English todayabasia

From New Latin a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step”) + New Latin -ia (“pathological condition”).

Words from the same roots

New Latina- all →

astasia

Ancient Greekβάσις all →

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