The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκαλοκαγαθίᾱ“nobility, goodness”
- English todaykalokagathia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καλοκαγαθίᾱ (kalokagathíā, “nobility, goodness”), from καλοκάγαθος (kalokágathos, “gentleman”), from καλός καὶ ἀγαθός (kalós kaì agathós, “beautiful and good”), shortened as καλός κἀγαθός (kalós kagathós), + -ίᾱ (-íā, “-ness”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.