The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromhesychasta
- English todayHesychast
From Medieval Latin hesychasta, from ecclesiastical Greek ἡσυχαστής (hēsukhastḗs), from ἡσυχάζειν (hēsukházein, “to be quiet”), from ἥσυχος (hḗsukhos, “quiet”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.