hectic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἑκτικός“habitual, hectic, consumptive”
2. Medieval Latin · derived from*hecticus
3. Old French · derived frometique
4. Middle English · inherited frometik
5. English todayhectic

From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”).

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