The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσυναίρεσις“unification”
- English todaysynaeresis
From Ancient Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis, “unification”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + αἵρεσις (haíresis, “taking”), from αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.