The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀστεῖος“of the town; urbane”
- English todayasteism
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστεῖος (asteîos, “of the town; urbane”), from ἄστυ (ástu, “town”). Compare Greek αστεϊσμός (asteïsmós).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.