The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-“not, without”
- Latin · borrowed fromatresia
- English todayatresia
From Latin atresia, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) and τρῆσις (trêsis, “perforation”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀ- all →
AfricaagnosticabioticabiogenesisaneroidachalasiaalexithymiaazoteabarognosisabiosisablepharonabrachiaabrachiocephaliaabranchiataacatalepsyacentricacerousachaenocarpacheneachilousachlamydateacholiaachromatizeAcœmitæacopicacrotismadermatoglyphiaadiaphoristsagnathagnatha
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.