The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιάστασις“separation, standing aloof”
- New Latin · borrowed fromdiastasis
- English todaydiastasis
From New Latin diastasis, from Ancient Greek διάστασις (diástasis, “separation, standing aloof”), from δια- (dia-) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”). Compare diastema.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδιάστασις all →
diastase
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.