aposteme

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπόστημα“abcesse”
2. Late Latin · derived fromapostēma
3. Old French · derived fromaposteme
4. Middle English · inherited fromaposteme“a swelling, inflamation”
5. English todayaposteme

From Middle English aposteme (“a swelling, inflamation”), from Old French aposteme and Late Latin apostēma, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστημα (apóstēma, “abcesse”) (source of Modern Greek απόστημα (apóstima, “abscess”)), related to ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “to remove”).