acrasy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ“bad mixture”
2. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromacrasia“lack of temperance”
3. English todayacrasy

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrāsĭ́ā, “bad mixture”) (see further at acrasia) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states).

Words from the same roots