Etymology

athymia

a·thy·mi·a
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Today it means: The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀ-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀ-“not”
  2. English todayathymia

From a- + -thymia. Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + θυμός (thumós, “heart”), meaning "without heart".

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀ- all →

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