dyscrasy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδυσκρασία“bad temperament”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromdyscrāsia
3. Old French · derived fromdiscrasie
4. Middle English · inherited fromdiscrasie
5. English todaydyscrasy

From Middle English discrasie, from Old French discrasie, from Medieval Latin dyscrāsia, from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad temperament”), from δυσ- (dus-, “dys-”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing, tempering”). By surface analysis, dys- + -crasy.

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