Etymology

enhypostasia

en·hy·po·stas·ia
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Today it means: The state of the human nature of Jesus Christ being entirely dependent on, and not existing independently of, the divine nature of God as a whole (which is the hypostasis of the Holy Trinity comprising God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit), or individual persons of the Trinity such as the Father and the Holy Spirit. Full definition →

Ecclesiastical Latin enhypostasia ← Ancient Greek ἐν
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐν“in”
  2. Ecclesiastical Latin · borrowed fromenhypostasia
  3. English todayenhypostasia

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin enhypostasia, from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis, “existence; essence; substance”) + -ία (-ía, suffix forming nouns). ὑπόστασις is in turn derived from ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “below, under”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”). Compare Ancient Greek ἐνυπόστατος (enupóstatos, “substantial”). The word is analysable as en- + hypostasis + -ia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἐν all →

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