The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνετικός“relaxing, remitting”
- Latin · derived fromaneticus
- English todayanetic
From Latin aneticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνετικός (anetikós, “relaxing, remitting”), from ἄνεσις (ánesis, “relaxation, abatement”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.