The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκάθισις“sitting”
- English todayakathisia
From a- + Ancient Greek κάθισις (káthisis, “sitting”) + -ia. See also κᾰθῐ́ζω (kăthĭ́zō, “to sit down”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
akathisia
Today it means: A sensation of restlessness characterized by an inability to sit still/down or remain motionless/seated, arising from a subjective need or desire to move, often coinciding with the sensation of twitching of muscles, often as a side effect of psychiatric medications. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κάθισις