The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποστάτης“rebel”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromapostata
- English todayapostate
From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.