The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκατάπασμα“powder”
- English todaycatapasm
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάπασμα (katápasma, “powder”), from πάσσω (pássō, “sprinkle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
catapasm
Today it means: A medicinal powder used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κατάπασμα