The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀθέτησῐς“a setting aside, abolition”
- English todayathetesis
From Ancient Greek ἀθέτησῐς (athétēsĭs, “a setting aside, abolition”), from ἀθετέω (athetéō, “set at naught”) + -σῐς (-sĭs), from ἄθετος (áthetos, “without position or place”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.