The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκατάλυσις“dissolution”
- English todaykatal
From Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “I dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “I loose”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκατάλυσις all →
catalysis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.