apophasis

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰeh₂
2. Proto-Hellenic · derived from*pʰā́mā
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπόφασις“denial, negation”
4. Late Latin · borrowed fromapophasis
5. English todayapophasis

Via Late Latin apophasis from Ancient Greek ἀπόφασις (apóphasis, “denial, negation”) from ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + φάσις (phásis, “statement, proposition”) from φημί (phēmí, “to speak”) from Proto-Hellenic *pʰā́mā from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂; whence Latin fārī, cognate to fame, fable.