The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-“not”
- English todayachalasia
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χάλασις (khálasis, “relaxation”), from χαλάω (khaláō, “I loosen”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀ- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.