The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔντασις“tension, straining”
- Latin · derived fromentasis
- English todayentasis
From Latin entasis, from Ancient Greek ἔντασις (éntasis, “tension, straining”), from ἐντείνω (enteínō, “to stretch or strain tight”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.