apostasy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποστασία“defection, revolt”
2. Latin · derived fromapostasia
3. English todayapostasy

From Latin apostasia, from Ancient Greek ἀποστασία (apostasía, “defection, revolt”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).