Etymology

apocatastasis

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Today it means: An apocalypse leading to the remaking of the world rather than a Final Judgment, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople. Full definition →

Latin apocatastasis ← Ancient Greek ἀποκατάστασις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποκατάστασις“restoration, reëstablishment”
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromapocatastasis
  3. English todayapocatastasis

Learned borrowing from Latin apocatastasis, itself from Ancient Greek ἀποκατάστασις (apokatástasis, “restoration, reëstablishment”), from ἀποκαθίστημι (apokathístēmi, “to stand up again”), from ἀπό- (apó-, “back again”) + καθίστημι (kathístēmi, “to set, place, constitute, appoint”), from κατά- (katá-, “down, for”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to set, stand, establish”).

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