Etymology

astasia

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Today it means: Inability to stand without assistance. Full definition →

New Latin a- ← Ancient Greek στάσις
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The story

  1. New Latin · borrowed from-ia“pathological condition”
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromστάσις“standing”
  3. New Latin · borrowed froma-“without”
  4. English todayastasia

From New Latin a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing”) + New Latin -ia (“pathological condition”).

Words from the same roots

New Latina- all →

abasia

Ancient Greekστάσις all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.