The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκατάλυσις“dissolution”
- English todaycatalysis
From Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “I dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “I loose”). By surface analysis, cata- + -lysis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκατάλυσις all →
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